Tail biting in pigs: Blood serotonin and fearfulness as pieces of the puzzle?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Ursinus, Winanda W ^a   Van Reenen, Cornelis G ^a   Reimert, Inonge ^a   Bolhuis, J Elizabeth ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BITE; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; FEARFULNESS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POST WEANING NOVEL OBJECT EXPOSURE; PRE WEANING BACK TEST; PRE WEANING NOVEL ENVIRONMENT EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; TAIL BITING; THROMBOCYTE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; BITES AND STINGS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; METABOLISM; ORCHIECTOMY; PIG; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; VOCALIZATION; WEANING;

SUIDAE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; BLOOD PLATELETS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SEROTONIN; SWINE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WEANING;

EID: 84906965623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107040     Document Type: Article

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