How do different amounts of straw as well as compost in the home pen affect the rooting motivation of growing-finishing pigs?
Rooting is a strongly motivated, species-specific behaviour of pigs. Most housing systems do not provide appropriate materials that enable the full expression of this behaviour, and it remains unclear whether straw is suitable to entirely fulfil the rooting motivation of pigs. We therefore investiga...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-10-01
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| Series: | Animal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731124002623 |
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