Synthetic lying mats may improve lying comfort of gestating sows

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 76-85

  Tuyttens, Frank André Maurice ^a   Wouters, Filip ^a   Struelens, Ester ^a   Sonck, Bart ^a   Duchateau, Luc ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Housing; Lying behaviour; Pigs; Preference test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCRETE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITUATION; IMAGE; PIG; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; STRAW;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 51449120977     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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