Different roughages to organic growing/finishing pigs - Influence on activity behaviour and social interactions

Livestock Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-62

  Hook Presto M ^a   Algers, B ^a   Persson, E ^a   Andersson, H K ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activity; Aggression; Behaviour; Growing pigs; Organic production; Roughage

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 67349234097     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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