Investigations on feed intake and social behaviour of fattening pigs fed at an electronic feeding station

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 58-64

  Hoy, Steffen ^a   Schamun, Sonja ^a   Weirich, Carmen ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electronic feeding station; Fattening pig; Feed intake behaviour; Phenotyping; Social hierarchy

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; DATA SET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHENOTYPE; PIG; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84861574778     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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