Validation of a behavioral observation tool to assess pig welfare

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 438-447

  Smulders, D ^a   Verbeke, G ^a   Mormede P ^b   Geers, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Behavior; Catecholamine; Cortisol; Epinephrine; Norepinephrine; On farm behavior; Physiology; Pig; Stress; Welfare; Welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COUGHING; DEFECATION; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SKIN DEFECT; SNEEZING; STARTLE REFLEX; STEREOTYPY; SWINE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33748935936     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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