Carefulness and flexibility of lying down behaviour in sows during 24h post-partum in relation to piglet position

This study focused on sow lying down behaviour and on the flexibility of her pre-lying behaviour, both of which are supposed to be crucially linked to piglet crushing. First, during 24h after the birth of the first piglet (BFP) changes in the frequency of standing-to-lying events were investigated i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Applied animal behaviour science 2008-12, Vol.114 (3-4), p.346-358
Hauptverfasser:	Pokorná, Zuzana, Illmann, Gudrun, Šimečková, Marie, Chaloupková, Helena, Kratinová, Petra
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	animal behavior behavior change behavioral flexibility crushing probability lying behavior maternal behavior neonatal mortality piglet crushing piglets pre-lying behavior sows spatial distribution temporal variation
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