Tear staining in pigs: A potential tool for welfare assessment on commercial farms

Animal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 318-325

  Telkanranta H ^a   Marchant, J N ^b   Valros, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

ear biting; enrichment; pig; tail biting; tear staining

Indexed keywords

PORPHYRIN;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; BITES AND STINGS; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HARDER GLAND; INJURIES; LACRIMAL FLUID; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PSYCHOLOGY; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECRETION (PROCESS); STANDARDS; SUCKLING ANIMAL; TAIL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; EAR, EXTERNAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HARDERIAN GLAND; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PORPHYRINS; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWINE; TAIL; TEARS;

EID: 84955063346     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175173111500172X     Document Type: Article

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