Human-directed aggression in miniature pet pigs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 385-389

  Tynes, Valarie V ^a,b   Hart, Benjamin L ^a   Bain, Melissa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINIPIG; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWINE; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; WEANING;

SUIDAE;

EID: 33846890671     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.230.3.385     Document Type: Article

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