Effect of infrared temperature on thermoregulatory behaviour in suckling piglets

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1449-1454

  Vasdal, G ^a   Wheeler, E F ^b   Boe K E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b 227 Agricultural Engineering Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Huddling; Infrared temperature; Suckling piglets; Swine; Thermoregulatory behaviour

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 70350454893     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109990309     Document Type: Article

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