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The Social Life of Pigs: Changes in Affiliative and Agonistic Behaviors following Mixing

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Aggression in pigs is a major welfare concern in the pig industry as pigs fight when mixed into new social groups. Most attempts to solve this problem have focused on reducing agonistic behavior. However, another approach could be to study positive social behaviors in pigs and examin...

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Autores principales: O’Malley, Carly I., Steibel, Juan P., Bates, Ronald O., Ernst, Catherine W., Siegford, Janice M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8773374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35049828
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12020206