An initial investigation into the effects of isolation and enrichment on the welfare of laboratory pigs housed in the PigTurn® system, assessed using tear staining, behaviour, physiology and haematology

Animal Welfare

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-27

  Deboer, S P ^a,b   Garner, J P ^a,d   McCain, R R ^c   Lay, D C ^b   Eicher, S D ^b   Marchant Forde, J N ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cortisol; Enrichment; Isolation; Pigs; Tear staining

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BUDGET; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HEMATOLOGY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PERIMETER; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84922677042     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7120/09627286.24.1.015     Document Type: Article

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