Assessment of animal welfare through behavioural parameters in Iberian pigs in intensive and extensive conditions

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 29-39

  Temple, Déborah ^a   Manteca, Xavier ^a   Velarde, Antonio ^b   Dalmau, Antoni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour assessment; Extensive; Housing systems; Iberian pig

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PIG; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 79952700087     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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