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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Contribution detail info
- Location
- Netherlands
- Authors
- Pedersen, L.J.
- Hoofs, A.
- Schubbert, A.
- Purpose
- Communication
- File type
- Report / paper
- File size
- 0 B
- Created on
- 2024
- Origin language
- Dutch
- Official project website
- Groen Kennisnet
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND
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