Friend or foe: effects of social experience and genetic line on responses of young gilts in a social challenge paired interaction test

The increased focus on group housing of sows in commercial pig production emphasises the importance of saving appropriate gilts which later become sows that are well-adapted to group housing systems. This study aimed to assess the short-term effects of social mixing experience and genetic line on so...

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Main Authors: L.M. Backeman Hannius, L. Keeling, D. de Oliveira, C. Anderson, A. Wallenbeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-11-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731124002866
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