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Are Behavioral Tests Capable of Measuring Positive Affective States in Growing Pigs?

SIMPLE SUMMARY: This study aimed at deriving potential indicators to assess fattening pigs’ positive affective state in order to be able to assess animal welfare more objectively. For this purpose, 297 fattening pigs from two different housing systems (a barren and an enriched environment) were subj...

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Autores principales: Krugmann, Katja, Warnken, Farina, Krieter, Joachim, Czycholl, Irena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6562421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31137646
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9050274