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Piglet Behavior

Piglet Behavior is a scholarly construct within the field of swine behavior that specifically characterizes the observable actions, social interactions, and developmental patterns exhibited by neonatal and pre-weaning domestic pigs in relation to their environment, conspecifics, and maternal influences.

620

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31.8K

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1.3K

Authors

289

Institutions

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2017–2026

84

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Publications

620

The behaviour of pigs in a semi-natural environment

A. Stolba, D.G.M. Wood-Gush · Animal Science · 1989 · 501 citations

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Investigating the behavioural and physiological indicators of neonatal survival in pigs

Emma Baxter, Suzanne Jarvis, Richard B. D’Eath et al. · Theriogenology · 2008 · 320 citations

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Individual behavioral and physiological strategies in pigs

Manfred J.C Hessing, Anne Mette Hagelsø, W.G.P. Schouten et al. · Physiology & Behavior · 1994 · 254 citations

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Effect of straw on the behaviour of growing pigs

David Fraser, Peter Phillips, B. K. Thompson et al. · Applied Animal Behaviour Science · 1991 · 236 citations

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Environmental requirements of pigs measured by behavioural demand functions

Lindsay R. Matthews, Jan Ladewig · Animal Behaviour · 1994 · 219 citations

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Authors

1.3K

  1. DF
    David Fraser

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    29 publications · 2.3K citations

    23

    h-index

  2. SE
    S.A. Edwards

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    23 publications · 1.7K citations

    20

    h-index

  3. PH
    P.H. Hemsworth

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    20 publications · 1.2K citations

    18

    h-index

  4. BK
    B. Kemp

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    17 publications · 1.1K citations

    17

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  5. AL
    A.B. Lawrence

    Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, United Kingdom

    17 publications · 1.3K citations

    17

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Institutions

289

  1. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    31 h-index

    81 publications

    7.4K citations

  2. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    30 h-index

    148 publications

    9.3K citations

  3. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    56 publications

    4.7K citations

  4. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    27 h-index

    65 publications

    3.6K citations

  5. Scotland's Rural College

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    22 h-index

    60 publications

    3.7K citations

  6. Agriculture Victoria

    Melbourne, Australia

    18 h-index

    72 publications

    4.7K citations

  7. University of Guelph

    Guelph, Canada

    15 h-index

    57 publications

    2.3K citations

  8. Newcastle University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    35 publications

    2.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Applied Animal Behaviour Science

    231 publications · 14.3K citations

    72

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  2. Journal of Animal Science

    42 publications · 1.9K citations

    27

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  3. animal

    26 publications · 1K citations

    20

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  4. Animal Behaviour

    21 publications · 1.7K citations

    19

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  5. Applied Animal Ethology

    21 publications · 909 citations

    18

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