The effect of breed on the development of adverse social behaviours in pigs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-74

  Breuer, K ^a,g   Sutcliffe, M E M ^b   Mercer, J T ^c   Rance, K A ^d   Beattie, V E ^e   Sneddon, I A ^f   Edwards, S A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Rattlerow Farms Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Independent Breeding Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^g ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breed; Ear biting; Harmful social behaviour; Pig; Tail biting; Tail chew test

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; PIG; TESTING METHOD;

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0142063093     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(03)00147-3     Document Type: Article

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