The separate and interactive effects of handling and environmental enrichment on the behaviour and welfare of growing pigs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 177-192

  Day, J E L ^a   Spoolder, H A M ^a   Burfoot, A ^a   Chamberlain, H L ^a   Edwards, S A ^b  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal behaviour; Environmental enrichment; Pigs

Indexed keywords

PIG;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037160318     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(01)00199-X     Document Type: Article

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