Social isolation elicits deficits in the ability of newly weaned female piglets to recognise conspecifics

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 182-188

  Souza, Adriana S ^a   Zanella, Adroaldo J ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Isolation; Pig; Recognition; Stress; Weaning age

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; CONSPECIFIC; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; PIG; RECOGNITION; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 38849132835     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.03.023     Document Type: Article

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