Strategic use of straw increases nest building in loose housed farrowing sows

• Nest building behaviour and farrowing duration were studied in 138 sows. • A large quantity (15–20kg) of straw given once was compared to small daily amounts. • Time spent nest building during 18h pre-partum was increased by 19%. • A 1-h increase in time spent nest building reduced the farrowing d...
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Autor*in:

Westin, Rebecka [verfasserIn]

Hultgren, Jan

Algers, Bo

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2015

Schlagwörter:

Parturition

Maternal behaviour

Stillborn

Piglet

Stillbirth

Farrowing duration

Umfang:

8

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: The first record of a bryophyte in Upper Cretaceous amber from Taimyr, northern Siberia: Taimyrobryum martynoviorum gen. et sp. nov. (Bryopsida) - Ignatov, Michael S. ELSEVIER, 2016transfer abstract, an international scientific journal reporting on the application of ethology to animals used by man, Amsterdam [u.a.]

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:166 ; year:2015 ; pages:63-70 ; extent:8

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DOI / URN:

10.1016/j.applanim.2015.02.010

Katalog-ID:

ELV034436057

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