Effect of marginal environmental and social enrichment during rearing on pigs' reactions to novelty, conspecifics and handling

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 137-145

  Tönepöhl, Björn ^a   Appel, Anne K ^a   Welp, Stephan ^a   Voß, Barbara ^b   König von Borstel, Uta ^a   Gauly, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b BHZP GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour test; Environmental enrichment; Handling; Housing; Pigs; Skin lesions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HOUSING CONDITIONS; PIG; REARING; SELECTION;

GERMANY;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84864912526     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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