Fractal analysis of animal behaviour as an indicator of animal welfare

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Rutherford, Kenneth M D ^a   Haskell, M J ^b   Glasbey, C ^c   Jones, R B ^a   Lawrence, A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Biomathematics and Statistics for Scotland 'BioSS'   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Chicken; Fractal analysis; Pig; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EGG LAYING; FEAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LOCOMOTION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1542580591     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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