Erhualian and Pietrain pigs exhibit distinct behavioral, endocrine and biochemical responses during transport

Livestock Science

Volumn 113, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 169-177

  Li, Liu An ^a   Xia, Dong ^a   Bao, En Dong ^a   Wei, Shi ^a   Xiao, Jin Song ^a   Bao, Jing Wei ^a   Chen, Wei Hua ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Hartung, J ^b   Zhao, Ru Qian ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Hormones; Pigs; Transport stress

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 37549034275     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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