A case control study of on-farm risk factors for tail biting in pigs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science - Tập 81 Số 4 - Trang 333-355 - 2003
C. Moinard1, Michael Mendl1, Christine J Nicol1, Laura Green2
1Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Somerset BS40 5DU, UK
2Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

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