Individual behavioural differences in pigs: Intra-and inter-test consistency

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-198

  Spoolder, Hans A M ^a,b   Burbidge, Jackie A ^a,b   Lawrence, Alistair B ^b   Simmins, P Howard ^a,c   Edwards, Sandra A ^b  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Feeding motivation; Open field test; Personality; Pig; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030586914     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(96)01033-7     Document Type: Article

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