Growing pigs' drinking behaviour: Number of visits, duration, water intake and diurnal variation

Animal

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1881-1888

  Andersen, H M L ^a   Dybkjaer L ^a   Herskin, M S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Drinking behaviour; Group size; Pigs; Water

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84914680139     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175173111400192X     Document Type: Article

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