Influence of social status on the welfare of sows in static and dynamic groups

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-249

  O'Connell, Niamh E ^a   Beattie, V E ^a   Moss, B W ^b  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Dynamic groups; Social status; Sows; Static groups

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; INJURY; MULTIPARA; NONHUMAN; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038076403     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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