Vocal quality is correlated with levels of stress hormones in domestic pigs

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 859-876

  Schrader, Lars ^a,b   Todt, Dietmar ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; STRESS; VOCALIZATION;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031782107     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00036.x     Document Type: Article

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