Individual aggressiveness measured in a resident-intruder test predicts the persistence of aggressive behaviour and weight gain of young pigs after mixing

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 267-283

  D'Eath, Richard B ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Aggressiveness; Pig; Resident intruder test; Social behaviour; Swine

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; PIG; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037189466     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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