Effects of social status after mixing on immune, metabolic, and endocrine responses in pigs

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-360

  Tuchscherer, Margret ^a   Puppe, Birger ^a   Tuchscherer, Armin ^a   Kanitz, Ellen ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Cortisol; Dominance; Immunity; Metabolites; Pig; Social stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; SWINE;

EID: 0032100235     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00084-5     Document Type: Article

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