Measuring aggressiveness in growing pigs in a resident-intruder situation

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 123-136

  Erhard, Hans W ^a,b,c   Mendl, Michael ^a,d  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Measuring; Pig agonistic behaviour; Resident intruder situation; Tests

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGGRESSION; BODY WEIGHT; PIG; RESIDENT INTRUDER INTERACTION; SEX CLASS;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030862449     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00069-5     Document Type: Article

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