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T1  - Evaluating measures of exploratory behaviour in sows around farrowing and during lactation-A pilot study 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/308000 
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A1  - Valros, Anna; Pedersen, Lene Juul; Pöytäkangas, Merja; Jensen, Margit Bak 
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Y1  - 2017 
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AB  - There are very few studies on the need to perform exploratory behaviour of sows around farrowing and during lactation, except for during the nest-building period. Exploratory behaviour in pigs may reflect appetitive foraging motivated by hunger, or appetitive behaviour related to other motivations, such as nest building. However, exploration may also be motivated by curiosity, stimulated by novelty or search for novelty. The aim of this study was to test novel methods of evaluating exploratory m... 
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KW  - Exploration; Sow; Lactation; Energy status; Manipulable object; Novel object; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; PLASMA LEPTIN; NURSING BEHAVIOR; LIPID-METABOLISM; FEED-INTAKE; PIGS; PERFORMANCE; HORMONES; PIGLETS; STRAW; 413 Veterinary science; 412 Animal science, dairy science 
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