Pigs' aggressive temperament affects pre-slaughter mixing aggression, stress and meat quality

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 604-616

  Death, R B ^a   Turner, S P ^a   Kurt, E ^b   Evans, G ^c   Tholking L ^d   Looft, H ^d   Wimmers, K ^e   Murani, E ^e   Klont, R ^d,g   Foury, A ^f   Ison, S H ^a   Lawrence, A B ^a   Mormede P ^f  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Optimeater Consulting   (Belgium)

^c PIC UK   (United Kingdom)

^d PIC Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^g VION Fresh Meat West BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cortisol; Lairage; Meat pH; Pork quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 77951252168     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109991406     Document Type: Article

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