Assessing pig body language: Agreement and consistency between pig farmers, veterinarians, and animal activists

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3652-3665

  Wemelsfelder, F ^a   Hunter, A E ^b   Paul, E S ^c   Lawrence, A B ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal psychology; Animal welfare; Anthropomorphism; Free choice profiling; Pig; Qualitative behavior assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; SWINE; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARIAN; VISION;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; SWINE; VETERINARIANS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84882566904     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4691     Document Type: Article

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