Environmental enrichment in early life affects cortisol patterns in growing pigs

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 242-249

  Munsterhjelm, C ^a   Valros, A ^a   Heinonen, M ^a   Halli O ^a   Siljander Rasi, H ^b   Peltoniemi, O A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Early enrichment; Environmental enrichment; Pig

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 76849098160     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109990814     Document Type: Article

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