Genetic study of behavioral and pituitary-adrenocortical reactivity in response to an environmental challenge in pigs

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 337-345

  Désautés, Céline ^a,b   Bidanel, Jean Pierre ^b   Mormède, Pierre ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chinese Meishan pigs; European Large White pigs; Novel environment test; Pituitary adrenal system; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SWINE;

EID: 0343052568     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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