Does the presence of a human affect the preference of enrichment items in young, isolated pigs?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 143, Issue 2-4, 2013, Pages 96-103

  DeBoer, Shelly P ^a   Garner, Joseph P ^a   Lay, Donald C ^b   Eicher, Susan D ^b   Lucas, Jeffrey R ^c   Marchant, Jeremy N ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing; Isolation; Mat; Mirror; Preference; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; WEANING; YOUNG POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84873451424     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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