No effect of variation in handling on behaviour in a porcine elevated plus-maze- A brief report

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-173

  Janczak, Andrew M ^a   Pedersen, Lene J ^b   Jensen, Karin H ^b   Andersen, Inger Lise ^a   Bøe, Knut Egil ^a   Bakken, Morten ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Blood sampling; Elevated plus maze; Fear; Human animal relationship; Pig fearful behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE; MODEL; SWINE;

EID: 0033852628     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00111-8     Document Type: Article

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