Effects of cognitive enrichment on behavioural and physiological reactions of pigs

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-79

  Zebunke, Manuela ^a   Puppe, Birger ^a,b   Langbein, Jan ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cognitive enrichment; Emotion; Heart rate variability; Operant conditioning; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE ENRICHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOUSING; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SWINE;

EID: 84878547599     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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