Drinking behavior in nursery pigs: Determining the accuracy between an automatic water meter versus human observers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4173-4180

  Meiszberg, A M ^a   Johnson, A K ^a   Sadler, L J ^a   Carroll, J A ^b   Dailey, J W ^b   Krebs, N ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic; Behavior; Drinking; Hobo; Pig; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWINE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; SWINE; VIDEO RECORDING;

SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70450159272     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1737     Document Type: Article

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