Relationship between the behaviour of sows at 6 months old and the behaviour and performance at farrowing

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-134

  Lensink, B J ^a   Leruste, H ^a   Le Roux, T ^b   Bizeray Filoche, D ^c  

^a CASE   (France)

^b Pen Ar Lan ^*  (France)

^c INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE LASALLE BEAUVAIS   (France)

Author keywords

Human animal interactions; Piglet crushing; Piglet mortality; Sows

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 57649138494     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108003261     Document Type: Article

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