Activity behaviour and social interactions of pigs raised outdoors and indoors

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 338-350

  Presto, Magdalena Høøk ^a   Andersson, H Kristina ^a   Folestam, Sofia ^a   Lindberg, Jan Erik ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Feeding; Housing; Outdoor; Pig; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 50349089761     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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