The impact of chronic environmental stressors on growing pigs, Sus scrofa (Part 1): Stress physiology, production and play behaviour

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1899-1909

  O'Connor, E A ^a   Parker, M O ^a   McLeman, M A ^a   Demmers, T G ^a   Lowe, J C ^a   Cui, L ^a,b   Davey, E L ^a   Owen, R C ^a   Wathes, C M ^a   Abeyesinghe, S M ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ammonia; light; noise; pigs; stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 78650575543     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731110001072     Document Type: Article

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