Effect of sensory stimuli on huddling behavior of pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 592-596

  Hrupka, B J ^a,b   Leibbrandt, V D ^a   Crenshaw, T D ^a   Benevenga, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavior; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; HEAT; NEWBORN; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; THERMOREGULATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HEAT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; ODORS; SWINE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034152866     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.783592x     Document Type: Article

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