Influence of individual predisposition, maternal experience and lactation environment on the responses of pigs to weaning at two different ages

Niamh O'Connell; V.E. Beattie; Ian Sneddon; K. Breuer; J.T. Mercer; K.A. Rance; M.E.M. Sutcliffe; S.A. Edwards

doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2004.08.012

Influence of individual predisposition, maternal experience and lactation environment on the responses of pigs to weaning at two different ages

Niamh O'Connell, V.E. Beattie, Ian Sneddon, K. Breuer, J.T. Mercer, K.A. Rance, M.E.M. Sutcliffe, S.A. Edwards

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Abstract

This study assessed the effect of predisposition to perform harmful social behaviour, maternal rearing environment, and lactation environment on the responses of pigs to weaning at 3 or 5 weeks of age. Predisposed and non-predisposed gilts were selected as dams for this study at 7 weeks of age. Selection was based on behaviour in a

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	219-232
Number of pages	14
Journal	Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Volume	90
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2004.08.012
Publication status	Published - Mar 2005

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veterinary(all)

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O'Connell, N., Beattie, V. E., Sneddon, I., Breuer, K., Mercer, J. T., Rance, K. A., Sutcliffe, M. E. M., & Edwards, S. A. (2005). Influence of individual predisposition, maternal experience and lactation environment on the responses of pigs to weaning at two different ages. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 90(3-4), 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2004.08.012

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