A note on the effect of gestation housing environment on approach test measures in gilts

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-296

  Marchant, Jeremy N ^a,c   Bradshaw, R Harry ^a   Marchant Forde, Ruth M ^b   Broom, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach test; Behaviour; Environment; Gestation; Heart rate; Pigs housing

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; PIG;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037362335     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00229-0     Document Type: Article

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