Feeding behaviour, aggression and dominance in group-housed sows

Rault, J-L; Ho, H; Verdon, Megan; Hemsworth, P

Feeding behaviour, aggression and dominance in group-housed sows

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posted on 2023-05-23, 12:32 authored by Rault, J-L, Ho, H, Megan VerdonMegan Verdon, Hemsworth, P

Group-housed sows are required to share resources and competition for feed is of paramount importance both for production and sow welfare (Verdon et al. 2015). We hypothesised that there are relationships between aggression, dominance status and feeding behaviour after mixing in gestating sows.

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Publication title

Animal Production Science

Volume

55

Pagination

1495

ISSN

1836-0939

Department/School

Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)

Publisher

CSIRO Publishing

Place of publication

Australia

Event title

2015 Manipulating Pig Production XV

Event Venue

Melbourne

Date of Event (Start Date)

2015-11-22

Date of Event (End Date)

2015-11-25

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Animal welfare

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Feeding behaviour, aggression and dominance in group-housed sows

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