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Influence of environmental enrichment on aggressive behaviour and dominance relationships in growing pigs
The present results show that rearing environments enriched with substrates and extra space improve welfare by directly affecting the social behaviour of pigs. Enrichment significantly reduced aggressive behaviour in a test box and this effect may be extrapolated to any...
Year Published: 1999Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Pig
Citation: O'Connell, N. E., Beattie, V. E. 1999. Influence of environmental enrichment on aggressive behaviour and dominance relationships in growing pigs. Animal Welfare 8, 269-279.
Read MoreThe UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals (7th ed): Pigs and Minipigs
Specific recommendations on the species-appropriate housing and handling of pigs. Force or subjugation will aggravate the situation, where patience, a handful of feed or a lump of sugar will render a pig tame and co-operative. .. Boars .. can inflict...
Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Pig
Citation: Holtz, W. , Bollen, P. 1999. Pigs and minipigs. In: The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals (7th ed). UFAW [Universities Federation for Animal Welfare] (edited by Poole, T. and English, P. ), 464-488. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.
Read MoreEffects of straw bedding and high fibre diets on the behaviour of floor fed group-housed sows
Providing sows with a foraging substrate, such as straw, appeared to be instrumental in reducing excessive levels of pen component directed behaviour. .. Although providing sows with straw increased the level of foraging behaviour performed, its is assumed that a...
Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Pig
Citation: Whittaker, X., Edwards, S. A., Spoolder, H. A. M. et al. 1999. Effects of straw bedding and high fibre diets on the behaviour of floor fed group-housed sows. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 63, 25-39.
Read MoreInfluence of environmental stimuli on nest building and farrowing behaviour in domestic sows
Provision of environmental stimuli, especially straw which is relevant for arranging of nesting materials, favoured piglet survival through effects on the timing and quantity of nest building, a decreased duration of the first part of farrowing as well as a...
Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Pig
Citation: Thodberg, K., Jensen, K. H., Herskin, M. S. et al. 1999. Influence of environmental stimuli on nest building and farrowing behaviour in domestic sows. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 63, 131-144.
Read MoreHigh-fiber diets in pregnant sows: Digestive utilization and effects on the behavior of the animals
Multiparous sows fed a high-fiber diet required more time to consume their daily feed ration, were quieter, and exhibited fewer nonfeeding oral behaviors.
Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Pig
Citation: Ramonet, Y., Meunier-Sala?n, M. C., Dourmad, J. Y. 1999. High-fiber diets in pregnant sows: Digestive utilization and effects on the behavior of the animals. Journal of Animal Science 77, 591-599 .
Read MoreThe influence of different feeding arrangements and food type on competition at feeding in pregnant sows
A feeding arrangement with body partitions resulted in the least aggression and displacements at trough compared to a situation with shoulder or no partition.
Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Pig
Citation: Andersen, I. L., B?e, K. E., Kristiansen, A. L. 1999. The influence of different feeding arrangements and food type on competition at feeding in pregnant sows. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 65, 91-104.
Read MoreEffects of environmental enrichment on behavioral responses to novelty, learning, and memory, and the circadian rhythm in cortisol in growing pigs
At 9 weeks of age enriched and barren housed pigs did not differ in baseline salivary cortisol concentrations nor in circadian rhythm, but at 22 weeks of age barren housed pigs had a blunted circadian rhythm in salivary cortisol as...
Year Published: 2000Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Pig
Citation: de Jong, I. C., Prelle, I. T., van de Burgwal, J. A. et al. 2000. Effects of environmental enrichment on behavioral responses to novelty, learning, and memory, and the circadian rhythm in cortisol in growing pigs. Physiology and Behavior 68, 571-578.
Read MoreCan ambient sound reduce distress in piglets during weaning and restraint? Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 3, 107-116
The present results suggest that playing music or other sound provides no improvement in conditions for piglets during handling and weaning.
Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Pig
Citation: Cloutier, S., Weary, D. M., Fraser, D. 2000. Can ambient sound reduce distress in piglets during weaning and restraint? Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 3, 107-116.
Read MoreFeeding motivation and stereotypies in pregnant sows fed increasing levels of fibre and/or food
No reduction in feeding motivation of sows fed high-fibre diets could be measured by operant conditioning tests, but very high levels of fibre (very high-fibre, 29% ADF, 50% NDF, 4.5 kg/day) were effective in reducing stereotypic behaviors and general activity...
Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Pig
Citation: Bergeron, R., Bolduc, J., Ramonet, Y. et al. 2000. Feeding motivation and stereotypies in pregnant sows fed increasing levels of fibre and/or food . Applied Animal Behaviour Science 68, 27-40.
Read MoreThe effect of environmental enrichment on learning in pigs
This study examined the effects of enriching the environment on the learning abilities of growing pigs. Eighty-four pigs were housed in either barren or enriched environments from birth to 14 weeks. The barren environments were defined as intensive housing and...
Year Published: 2000Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Pig
Citation: Sneddon, I. A., Beattie, V. E., Dunne, L. et al. 2000. The effect of environmental enrichment on learning in pigs. Animal Welfare 4, 373-383.
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