Minimizing aggression during mixing of gestating sows with supplementation of a tryptophan-enriched diet

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-43

  Poletto, Rosangela ^a   Kretzer, Fabiana C ^a   Hötzel, Maria J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggression; Animal welfare; Gestation; Social mixing; Swine; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGGRESSION; ALERTNESS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BITE; BODY POSTURE; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRINKING; FEEDING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MASTICATION; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SITTING; SKIN DEFECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOW (SWINE); STANDING; STEREOTYPY; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SWINE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEROTONIN; SKIN; SWINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84900834039     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.04.043     Document Type: Article

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