Behaviour of piglets weaned at three or six weeks of age

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-65

  Devillers, N ^a   Farmer, C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Feeding behaviour; Mixing; Piglets; Play; Weaning age

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449434298     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700802660679     Document Type: Article

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