No apparent effect of an experimental narrow confinement on heart activity and cortisol in domestic pigs
The effects of continuing spatial restraint were examined in domestic pigs. For this purpose, the animals (German Landrace barrows) were housed individually in metabolic cages (12 animals) and, as controls, in single pens (six animals). In six replications with two experimental animals and one contr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2011-01-01
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731110002004 |