Effects of space allowance on behavioural and adrenocortical reactions to elevated temperatures in fattening pigs

Landbauforschung Volkenrode

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-260

  Hillmann, Edna ^a,b   Mayer, Claus ^b,c   Gygax, Lorenz ^b   Schrader, Lars ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Heat; Lying behaviour; Pen size; Pig; Space allowance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 29144445984     PISSN: 04586859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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