Effects of previous housing system on agonistic behaviors of growing pigs at mixing

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 20-26

  Li, Yuzhi ^a   Wang, Lihua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviors; Group farrowing; Large groups; Pigs

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FAMILIARITY; FIGHTING; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MATE RECOGNITION; PIG; REARING;

SUIDAE;

EID: 79955103590     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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