Friends with benefits: Social support and its relevance for farm animal welfare

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Rault, Jean Loup ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Farm animal; Social buffering; Social support; Stress; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 83555174766     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.10.002     Document Type: Review

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