Personalities in female domesticated pigs: Behavioural and physiological indications

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 31-47

  Ruis, Marko A W ^a,b   Te Brake, Joop H A ^a   Van De Burgwal, Johan A ^a   De Jong, Ingrid C ^a,b   Blokhuis, Harry J ^a   Koolhaas, Jaap M ^b  

^a Department of Behaviour   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Backtest; Coping; Intra and inter test consistency; Pig personality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0342680053     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00070-2     Document Type: Article

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