Do pigs find a familiar odourant attractive in novel surroundings?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-126

  Jones, J B ^a   Wathes, C M ^a   White, R P ^a   Jones, R B ^b  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Familiarity; Novel environment; Odourants; Olfaction; Pig

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033676551     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00149-0     Document Type: Article

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