Surgical castration of pigs affects the behavioural response to a low-dose lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge after weaning

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 40-57

  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

Behaviour; Castration; Lipopolysaccharide; Pig; Stress response; Weaning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PIG; POLYSACCHARIDE; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 42949086936     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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