The effects of an activity ball and ropes on pigs’ behaviours

Rooting and exploring are two behaviours pigs in the wild spend considerable time doing. When kept in pens with limited access to bedding materials stress can originate and often lead to undesired behaviours. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether environmental enrichment in terms of r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nilsson, Emma
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi 2012
Subjects:
pig
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-79027