Individual piglets contribution to the development of tail biting

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 601-607

  Zonderland, J J ^a   Kemp, B ^a   Bracke, M B M ^a   Den Hartog, L A ^a   Spoolder, H A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

development; pigs; tail biting; welfare

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 79952986147     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731110002132     Document Type: Article

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