Pig

Plastic bottle and chain make effective swine enrichment tool

The swine were quite aggressive with the bottles, which required frequent replacement.

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Jackson, L. 2005. Plastic bottle and chain make effective swine enrichment tool. Tech Talk [The Newsletter for Laboratory Animal Science Technicians] 9(4), 5.

Expert opinion regarding environmental enrichment materials for pigs

89% of 53 pig welfare scientists stated that providing a chain was not sufficient, while 84% stated that the provision of straw could be sufficient for pigs in pens.

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Bracke, M. B. M. 2006. Expert opinion regarding environmental enrichment materials for pigs. Animal Welfare 15, 67-70.

Formalised review of environmental enrichment for pigs in relation to political decision making

The EC Directive 2001/93/EC states that: Pigs must have permanent access to a sufficient quantity of material to enable proper investigation and manipulation activities, such as straw, hay, wood, sawdust, mushroom compost, peat or a mixture of such, which does...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Bracke, M. B. M., Zonderland, J. J., Lenskens, P. et al. 2006. Formalised review of environmental enrichment for pigs in relation to political decision making . Applied Animal Welfare Science 97, 165-182 .

The use of operant conditioning of Göttingen minipigs for topical safety studies

Defined protocols were used to train naive minipigs to approach handlers, follow a target stick, walk onto a scale for weighing, and stand still for physical examinations, electrocardiography, and dermal dosing. Training was conducted with minimal physical handling using only...

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Pig

Citation: Blye, R., Burke, R., James, C. et al. 2006. The use of operant conditioning of Göttingen minipigs for topical safety studies. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 153-154 (Abstract).

Effects of attention and rewarded activity on immune parameters and wound healing in pigs

Challenging animals with a demanding situation they are able to cope with and where they are rewarded may be a source of positive emotions and possibly of increased welfare. In order to test if this results in changes of immunological...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Surgery & Post-OpAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Ernst K, Tuchschere M, Kanitz E, et al. 2006. Effects of attention and rewarded activity on immune parameters and wound healing in pigs. Physiol and Behav. 89;448-456.

Effect of accommodating sucking and nosing on the behaviour of artificially reared piglets

Neonatal piglets are often used in biomedical research applications that require artificial rearing. Social housing can be problematic because the piglets develop belly nosing, navel and ear sucking that can result in injury. Our objective was to determine the effectiveness...

Year Published: 2005Topics: Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Widowski, T. M., Yuan, Y., Gardner, J. M. 2005. Effect of accommodating sucking and nosing on the behaviour of artificially reared piglets. Laboratory Animals. 39(2), 240-250.

Sow preferences for walls to lean against when lying down

Irrespective of the wall type, the sows had a significant preference for the back wall of the pen.

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Pig

Citation: Damm, B. I., Moustsen, V., J?rgensen, E. et al. 2006. Sow preferences for walls to lean against when lying down. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 99(1-2), 53-63 .

Progress and challenges in animal handling and slaughter in the U.S.

Most plants were able to greatly improve welfare by improving stunner maintenance; installing non-slip floor gratings in stun boxes and better training. They also had to make simple, low cost changes to eliminate distractions that cause animals to balk and...

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Cattle, Pig, Sheep

Citation: Grandin, T. 2006. Progress and challenges in animal handling and slaughter in the U.S. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 100(1-2), 129-139.

The effect of providing shredded paper or ropes to piglets infarrowing crates on their behaviour and health and the behaviourand health of their dams

On day 27, there was a tendency for more BARREN sows to have teat lesions (P = 0.07). PAPER litters tended to have a smaller proportion of piglets with facial lesions (P = 0.06). ROPE piglets were active in the...

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Pig

Citation: Lewisa, E., Boylea, L. A., O'Doherty, J. V. et al. 2006. The effect of providing shredded paper or ropes to piglets infarrowing crates on their behaviour and health and the behaviourand health of their dams. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 96, 1-17 .

Effects of species-relevant environmental enrichment on the behaviour and productivity of finishing pigs

Three different enrichment objects were provided to groups of growing pigs: a substrate dispenser providing straw, a rootable feed dispenser providing flavoured feed and a liquid dispenser that provided flavoured water when chewable rods were manipulated. These objects were compared...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Van de Weerd, H. A., Docking, C. M., Day, J. E. L. et al. 2006. Effects of species-relevant environmental enrichment on the behaviour and productivity of finishing pigs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 99(3-4), 230-247.