The effects of handling on behavioural and physiological responses to housing in tether-stalls among pregnant pigs

Animal Welfare

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-150

  Pedersen, V ^a   Barnett, J L ^b   Hemsworth, P H ^b   Newman, E A ^b   Schirmer, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Human animal relationship; Immunology; Pigs; Stress; Tether housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001139066     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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