Reliability of temperament tests on finishing pigs in group-housing and comparison to social tests

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 28-35

  Brown, Jennifer A ^a   Dewey, Cate ^b   Delange, Cornelius F M ^a   Mandell, Ira B ^a   Purslow, Peter P ^a   Robinson, J Andrew ^a   Squires, E James ^a   Widowski, Tina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fear tests; Group housing; Personality; Pigs; Reliability; Temperament

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; PIG; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 62549113523     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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