Stress measures in tail biters and bitten pigs in a matched case-control study

Animal Welfare

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 331-338

  Munsterhjelm, C ^a,b   Brunberg, E ^b   Heinonen, M ^c   Keeling, L ^b   Valros, A ^c  

^a Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ^*  (Finland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Animal welfare; Injurious behaviour; Physiology; Swine; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BITE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SNIFFING; SWINE; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84883444244     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7120/09627286.22.3.331     Document Type: Article

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