A study of the relative aversiveness of a new daily injection procedure for pigs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 389-401

  Hemsworth, P M ^a   Barnett, J L ^a   Campbell, R G ^b  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Bunge Meat Industries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Injection; Pig; Somatotropin; Stress; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030587586     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(96)01060-X     Document Type: Article

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