The pig's nose and its role in dominance relationships and harmful behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 84-91

  Camerlink, I ^a   Turner, S P ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allogrooming; Dominance hierarchy; Snout contact; Swine; Tail biting

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOMINANCE; GROIN; PIG; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRAW;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84876866759     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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