Emotionality in growing pigs: Is the open field a valid test?

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 906-913

  Donald, Ramona D ^a   Healy, Susan D ^b   Lawrence, Alistair B ^a   Rutherford, Kenneth M D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azaperone; Behaviour; Emotionality; Open field; Pigs; Validation

Indexed keywords

AZAPERONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; NOSE; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; AZAPERONE; EMOTIONS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWINE;

EID: 80053051978     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.05.031     Document Type: Article

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