Individual behavioural characteristics in pigs and their impact on production

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 171-185

  Van Erp Van Der Kooij, E ^a   Kuijpers, A H ^a   Schrama, J W ^b   Ekkel, E D ^b   Tielen, M J M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Backrest; Coping; Gender; Lean meat percentage; Pigs; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PIG;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0343550383     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00094-5     Document Type: Article

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