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Evaluation of the effects of the positive ‘befriending’ of sows and gilts (‘pleasant’ treatment) prior to parturition and in early lactation on sow behaviour, the process of parturition and piglet survival

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

P. R. English ,
S. A. Grant ,
O. McPherson  and
S. A. Edwards
P. R. English
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5UA
S. A. Grant
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5UA
O. McPherson
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5UA
S. A. Edwards
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5UA

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BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 23: Farm animal welfare — who writes the rulse? , January 1999 , pp. 132 - 136
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1999

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