Responses of slaughter pigs to transport and lairage sounds

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 667-673

  Geverink, Nicoline A ^a   Bühnemann, Alexandra ^a   Van De Burgwal, Johan A ^a   Lambooij, Elbert ^a   Blokhuis, Harry J ^a   Wiegant, Victor M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior; Lairage; Physiology; Pigs; Sound; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOUND; STRESS; SWINE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032519740     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00513-1     Document Type: Article

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