Comparison of growth performance and agonistic interaction in weaned piglets of different weight classes from farrowing systems with group or single housing

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 309-315

  Bohnenkamp, A L ^a   Traulsen, I ^a   Meyer, C ^b   Muller K ^b   Krieter, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Chamber of Agriculture Schleswig Holstein   (Germany)

Author keywords

agonistic behavior; group housing; growth performance; lesion score; weaning weight class

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; SWINE; WEANING;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; SUS SCROFA; WEANING;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84872066770     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112001541     Document Type: Article

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