Prenatal flavor exposure affects growth, health and behavior of newly weaned piglets

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 579-586

  Oostindjer, Marije ^a   Bolhuis, J Elizabeth ^a   van den Brand, Henry ^a   Roura, Eugeni ^b   Kemp, Bas ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Lucta SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavior; Flavor exposure; Learning; Piglets; Prenatal effects; Weaning; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANISE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEOPHOBIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PIGLET; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE PREFERENCE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DIARRHEA; EATING; FEMALE; FLAVORING AGENTS; FOOD PREFERENCES; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PIMPINELLA; PREGNANCY; REACTION TIME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 77950368350     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.01.031     Document Type: Article

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