Rolling behaviour of sows in relation to piglet crushing on sloped versus level floor pens

Livestock Science

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-68

  Danholt, Lone ^a,b   Moustsen, Vivi Aarestrup ^b   Nielsen, Mai Britt Friis ^b   Kristensen, Anders Ringgaard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danish Agriculture and Food Council   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crushing; Farrowing pen; Rolling; Sloped floor; Sow behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052272217     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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