Mixing of sows with or without the presence of a boar

Livestock Science

Volumn 125, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 314-317

  Borberg, Catrin ^a   Hoy, Steffen ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agonistic interactions; Boar presence; Mixing; Skin lesions; Sow

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 68949177250     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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