Alternative light colors in suckling piglet creep area: preference and validation tests in swine maternity

ABSTRACT: We performed a two-stage experiment: a preference and a validation test in swine litters, to determine whether suckling piglets preferred alternative light colors in their creep area over white light; we also determined whether the preferred color affected piglet behavior. In the first sta...

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Main Authors: Ana Caroline Paggi, Taciana Aparecida Diesel, Paulo Armando Victoria de Oliveira, Arlei Coldebella, Diovani Paiano, Victoria Carolina Bonassi Marcanzoni, Maria Luisa Appendino Nunes Zotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2020-09-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782020001100651&tlng=en