Suffering in diseased pigs as expressed by behavioural, clinical and clinical-chemical traits, in a well defined parasite model

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 222-231

  Reiner, Gerald ^a   Hübner, Katrin ^a   Hepp, Sabine ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Infectious disease; Sarcocystis; Suffering; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; METABOLITE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PIG; QUALITY OF LIFE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS MIESCHERIANA; SUIDAE;

EID: 64149124304     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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