Effect of surgical castration on the behavioural and acute phase responses of 5-day-old piglets

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 133-145

  Llamas Moya, Sara ^a,b   Boyle, Laura A ^a   Lynch, Patrick Brendan ^a   Arkins, Sean ^b  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Behaviour; Cortisol; Cytokines; Pig; Surgical castration

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 41149103585     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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