Growing pigs’ drinking behaviour: number of visits, duration, water intake and diurnal variation

Individual drinking patterns are a potential tool for disease monitoring in pigs. However, to date, individual pig drinking behaviour has not been described, and effects of external factors have not been examined. The aim of this study was to perform detailed quantification of drinking behaviour of...

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Main Authors: H.M.-L. Andersen, L. Dybkjær, M.S. Herskin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173111400192X