Postnatal piglet husbandry practices and well-being: The effects of alternative techniques delivered in combination

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1150-1160

  Marchant Forde, J N ^a   Lay Jr , D C ^a   McMunn, K A ^a   Cheng, H W ^a   Pajor, E A ^a,b   Marchant Forde, R M ^a,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c VCA Lafayette Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Pain; Physiology; Pigs; Routine processing; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HYDROCORTISONE; IRON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; SWINE; TAIL; TOOTH; VETERINARY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VOCALIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BLOOD; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; IRON; MALE; METHODS; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURGERY; SWINE; TAIL; TOOTH; VETERINARY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84895181549     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2013-6929     Document Type: Article

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