Announcing the arrival of enrichment increases play behaviour and reduces weaning-stress-induced behaviours of piglets directly after weaning

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 86-101

  Dudink, Suzan ^a   Simonse, Helma ^c   Marks, Inge ^c   de Jonge, Francien H ^a,b   Spruijt, Berry M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aggression; Anticipation; Enrichment; Growth; Injury; Pig; Play; Reward; Weaning

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GROWTH RATE; PIG; PLAY; WEANING;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33750622927     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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