Rearing piglets in a poor environment: Developmental aspects of social stress in pigs

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 389-396

  De Jonge, Francien H ^a   Bokkers, E A M ^a   Schouten, W G P ^a   Helmond, F A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular system; Cortisol; Dominance; Gilts; Individual differences; Oestrus; Pig; Puberty; Social stress; Swine; Tethering stress; Weight development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; SWINE;

EID: 3042831563     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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