The effect of combining different environmental enrichment materials on enrichment use by growing pigs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 102-107

  Guy, Jonathan H ^a   Meads, Zoe A ^a   Shiel, Robert S ^a   Edwards, Sandra A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enrichment; Habituation; Methodology; Novelty; Pig

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; EUROPEAN UNION; HABITUATION; PIG;

AGAVE SISALANA; ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84875528547     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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