Effects of feeding level and access to rooting material on behaviour of growing pigs in situations with reduced feeding space and delayed feeding

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Jensen, Margit Bak ^a   Pedersen, Lene Juul ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behaviour; Competition; Exploration; Pigs; Rooting material

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTIFICIAL DIET; FEEDING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PIG; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

SUIDAE;

EID: 75749116701     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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