Tonic immobility and emergence time in pigs - More evidence for behavioural strategies

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-237

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

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fear; Novelty; Personality; Pig fearful behavior; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033579991     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00196-8     Document Type: Article

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