Housing during early pregnancy affects fertility and behaviour of sows

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 584-591

  Munsterhjelm, C ^a,b   Valros, A ^a   Heinonen, M ^a   Halli O ^a   Peltoniemi, O A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Development of Animal Health Services in Pohjois Savo   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; SWINE; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SWINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 52149108912     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00956.x     Document Type: Article

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