Effect van oplegbeleid, voersysteem en voersamenstelling op gedrag van beren en berengeur = Effect of mixing strategy, feeding system and feed composition on behaviour of boars and boar taint

C.M.C. van der Peet-Schwering, S.B. Straathof, N.C.P.M.M. Dirx-Kuijken, G.P. Binnendijk, H.M. Vermeer

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Abstract

At Swine Innovation Centre Sterksel the effects of litters versus single sex groups, simultaneous feeding versus sequential feeding, and feeding a boar taint reducing diet versus a conventional diet on behaviour of boars, performance and boar taint were studied. The results are described in this report.
Original languageDutch
Place of PublicationLelystad
PublisherWageningen UR Livestock Research
Number of pages37
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Publication series

NameRapport / Wageningen UR Livestock Research
PublisherWageningen UR Livestock Research
No.562
ISSN (Print)1570-8616

Keywords

  • boars
  • animal behaviour
  • boar taint
  • feeding systems
  • litters
  • animal welfare
  • pig farming
  • pig feeding
  • pigs
  • animal production

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