Individual differences in behavioral and physiological responses to restraint stress in pigs

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 451-457

  Geverink, N A ^a   Schouten, W G P ^a   Gort, G ^a   Wiegant, V M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Backtest; Coping; Cortisol; Heart rate; Nose sling; Pigs; Stress; Vocalisations

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BACK; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INDIVIDUALITY; NONHUMAN; NULLIPARA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SWINE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0036854643     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(02)00877-6     Document Type: Article

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