Aggression in replacement grower and finisher gilts fed a short-term high-tryptophan diet and the effect of long-term human-animal interaction

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 122, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 98-110

  Poletto, Rosangela ^a,b   Meisel, Robert L ^c   Richert, Brian T ^b   Cheng, Heng Wei ^a   Marchant, Jeremy N ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Pigs; Serotonin; Social handling; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGGRESSION; AMINO ACID; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BLOOD; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PIG; REARING; REPLACEMENT;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 73949159845     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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