The influence of a magnesium rich marine supplement on behaviour, salivary cortisol levels, and skin lesions in growing pigs exposed to acute stressors

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 92-101

  O'Driscoll, Keelin ^a   Teixeira, Dayane Lemos ^b   O'Gorman, Denise ^a   Taylor, Stephen ^a   Boyle, Laura Ann ^b  

^a Marigot Group   (Ireland)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Behaviour; Lesion; Magnesium; Pig

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FEMALE; LESION; MAGNESIUM; MALE; PIG; SKIN; WEANING;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 84876822531     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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