Cognitive enrichment affects behavioural reactivity in domestic pigs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 75-86

  Puppe, Birger ^a   Ernst, Katrin ^a   Schön, Peter C ^a   Manteuffel, Gerhard ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive enrichment; Learning; Open field; Pig; Reward; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COGNITION; DOMESTIC SPECIES; FEEDING GROUND; LEARNING; PIG;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 34247528647     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.05.016     Document Type: Article

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