Sanitary housing conditions modify the performance and behavioural response of weaned pigs to feed- and housing-related stressors

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1811-1820

  Pastorelli, H ^a,b   Le Floc'h, N ^a,b   Merlot, E ^a,b   Meunier Salau N M C ^a,b   Van Milgen, J ^a,b   Montagne, L ^a,b,c  

^a PEGASE   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

behaviour; feed intake; growth; pig; sanitary conditions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84867093739     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112001231     Document Type: Article

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