Pain and discomfort in male piglets during surgical castration with and without local anaesthesia as determined by vocalisation and defence behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 116, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 174-178

  Leidig, Martin S ^a   Hertrampf, Barbara ^a   Failing, Klaus ^a   Schumann, Anselm ^b   Reiner, Gerald ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Big Dutchman   (Germany)

Author keywords

Castration; Defence behaviour; Piglet; Vocalisation; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN UNION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PIG; VOCALIZATION;

SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 57749087730     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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