Sow responsiveness to human contacts and piglet vocalization during 24 h after onset of parturition

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 260-269

  Chaloupková, Helena ^a   Illmann, Gudrun ^a   Pedersen, Lene Juul ^b   Malmkvist, Jens ^b   Šimečková, Marie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Man animal interaction; Maternal behaviour; Mortality; Sus scrofa; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BLOOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MATERNAL CARE; MORTALITY; PARTURITION; PIG; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 45149099104     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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