Relationships between behavioral and meat quality characteristics of pigs raised under barren and enriched housing conditions

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2835-2843

  Klont, R E ^a,b   Hulsegge, B ^a   Hoving Bolink, A H ^a   Gerritzen, M A ^a   Kurt, E ^a   Winkelman Goedhart, H A ^a   De Jong, I C ^a   Kranen, R W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GENUS PLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Meat Quality; Metabolism; Pigs; Skeletal Muscle

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; SWINE; TIME;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035515093     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.79112835x     Document Type: Article

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