Linking the social environment to illness in farm animals

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 203-215

  Proudfoot, Kathryn L ^a   Weary, Daniel M ^a   von Keyserlingk, Marina A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health; Immunity; Sickness behaviour; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE SEVERITY; IMMUNITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PIG; POULTRY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; BOS; GALLUS GALLUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84860236052     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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