Pig's responses to repeated social regrouping and relocation during the growing-finishing period

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 102-114

  Coutellier, Laurence ^a   Arnould, Cécile ^b   Boissy, Alain ^a   Orgeur, Pierre ^b   Prunier, Armelle ^a   Veissier, Isabelle ^a   Meunier Salaün, Marie Christine ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Chronic social stress; Cortisol; Growth; Pig; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RESPONSE; HORMONE; PIG; RELOCATION; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34247535957     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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