Nest building materials for sows during farrowing - Short review (version 1.0)
This review gives an overview of the motivation behind nest building behaviour and its behavioural elements. The review also describes how lack of ability to nest build influences maternal behaviour and sow and piglet welfare. Finally, it describes which materials can be provided for nest building when sows are kept confined in crates or zero confinement systems.
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Información detallada sobre la contribución
- Ubicación
- Netherlands
- Autores
- Pedersen, L.J.
- Hoofs, A.
- Schubbert, A.
- Propósito
- Communication
- Tipo de fichero
- Report / paper
- Tamaño del archivo
- NaN undefined
- Creado el
- 2024
- Lengua materna
- Dutch
- Web oficial del proyecto
- Groen Kennisnet
- Licencia
- CC BY-NC-ND
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