Vocal and locomotor responses of piglets to social isolation and reunion

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Colonnello, Valentina ^a,b   Iacobucci, Paolo ^a,b   Newberry, Ruth C ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Domestic pig; Filial attachment; Maternal potentiation; Social bonds; Swine; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

RODENTIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWINE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWINE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 74249102215     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20406     Document Type: Article

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