The effect of feeding a high fibre diet on the welfare of sows housed in large dynamic groups

Animal Welfare

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-357

  Stewart, C L ^a   Boyle, L A ^b   Mee, McCann ^a   O'Connell, N E ^c  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Dynamic group; High fibre diets; Physiological measures; Sows

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIGH FIBER DIET; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; SOW (SWINE); STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 77955623199     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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