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Can behavioural studies be used to indicate depression in finisher pigs?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

E. Genever  and
D.M. Broom
E. Genever*
Affiliation:
Animal Welfare and Human-Animal Interactions Group, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, U.K.
D.M. Broom
Affiliation:
Animal Welfare and Human-Animal Interactions Group, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, U.K.
*
E-mail: eg261@cam.ac.uk
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Pigs can be physiologically and psychologically affected by their environment and by interactions with other animals. Whether the psychological effects are great enough to cause depression is not known. We hypothesised that should depression occur it would be most likely in victimised pigs. In this study we investigated what behavioural measures could be used to indicate levels of victimisation.

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Poster Presentations
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2004 , 2004 , pp. 253
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2004

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