Maternal behaviour and mobilization of body reserves for progeny growth
The maternal behaviour of sows and does differ greatly. Pigs are precocial animals, i.e. piglets seek their mother for feed, whilst rabbits are altricial animals i.e. kits are born helpless and depend on their mothers’ to come and nurse them. However, they share similar problems in commercial produc...
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| Format: | Second cycle, A2E |
| Language: | Swedish Inglés |
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2014
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| Online Access: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7161/ |
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