A note on social facilitation and competition in the feeding behaviour of pigs

Liang Chou Hsia; D. G. M. Wood-Gush

doi:10.1017/S0003356100001677

Abstract

Growing pigs were fed in isolation, closed stalls or in small groups. Food intake was greatest under conditions of competition if the hierarchy was stable.

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