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Providing Meaningful Environmental Enrichment and Measuring Saliva Cortisol in Pigs Housed on Slatted Flooring
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Providing Meaningful Environmental Enrichment and Measuring Saliva Cortisol in Pigs Housed on Slatted Flooring

Providing Meaningful Environmental Enrichment and Measuring Saliva Cortisol in Pigs Housed on Slatted Flooring

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September 30, 2019

DOI:

10.3791/60070-v

DOI:
10.3791/60070-v

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07:02 min
September 30, 2019

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1Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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This protocol demonstrates how to provide practical meaningful environmental enrichment for pigs which are housed on slatted flooring during the different stages of their lives, and how to collect saliva samples in a non-invasive manner for the measurement of cortisol concentrations, as a biomarker for acute stress.

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Morgan, L., Raz, T. Providing Meaningful Environmental Enrichment and Measuring Saliva Cortisol in Pigs Housed on Slatted Flooring. J. Vis. Exp. (151), e60070, doi:10.3791/60070 (2019).

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