A New Approach to Detecting and Measuring Changes in the Feeding Behaviour Habits of Group-Housed Growing–Finishing Pigs

The present work aims to estimate the methods of repeatability and of a new non-parametric approach based on typifying individuals into classes and quantifying (%) the pigs in a group that show similar feeding behaviour habits (FBHs) in consecutive periods (“maintenance”). Both methods were estimate...

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Main Authors: Marta Fornós, Mercè Farré, Sergi López-Vergé, Encarnación Jiménez-Moreno, Vicente Rodríguez-Estévez, Josep Gasa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/12/1500