Investigation of distances covered by fattening pigs measured with VideoMotionTracker®

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 27-32

  Brendle, Julia ^a   Hoy, Steffen ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer supported measurement; Fattening pigs; Group size; Live weight; Locomotion; Rank order; Sex

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FOOD SUPPLY; GROUP SIZE; LOCOMOTION; PIG; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOFTWARE; VIDEOGRAPHY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79955121118     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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