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Influence of rearing environment on behavioural characteristics of growing pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

V.E. Beattie  and
N. Walker
V.E. Beattie
Affiliation:
Agricultural research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, Northern Ireland
N. Walker
Affiliation:
Agricultural research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, Northern Ireland
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Behavioural types in pigs have been demonstrated by Hessing et al. (1994) who suggested that differing coping strategies may be determined by genetic constitution. However Beattie et al. (1995) found that pigs reared in enriched environments behaved differently in an open field test compared with those reared in barren environments implicating an environmental influence in strategy development. The objective of this study was to investigate whether housing environment influences the coping strategy of growing pigs measured by behavioural and physiological responses.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1997 , 1997 , pp. 42
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1997

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