Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of emotionality in pigs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 218-224

  Rutherford, Kenneth M D ^a   Donald, Ramona D ^a   Lawrence, Alistair B ^a   Wemelsfelder, Françoise ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze; Free Choice Profiling; Open field; Pigs; Qualitative Behavioural Assessment; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DRUG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PIG; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84862675976     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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