The effects of mixing on behavior and circadian parameters of salivary cortisol in pigs

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 181-184

  Ekkel, E Dinand ^a   Savenije, Bart ^a   Schouten, Willem G P ^b   Wiegant, Victor M ^b,c   Tielen, Martin J M ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Animal Health Service Boxtel   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior; Circadian rythm; Cortisol; Mixing; Pigs; Stress; Transportation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIGHTING; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030795780     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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