Pig

Porcine Pals

With compassion and patience, stress and distress reactions can usually be avoided, and the pigs' welfare thereby enhanced. I have been very fortunate to work with pigs for the last twenty two years in the same facility. It has been...

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Pig

Citation: Schwartz, J. 2008. Porcine Pals. Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) Quarterly 57(2), 24-25.

Social discrimination of familiar conspecifics by juvenile pigs, Sus scrofa: Development of a non-invasive method to study the transmission of unimodal and bimodal cues between live stimuli

A non-invasive method was developed to study the transmission of cues that are used in social discrimination by pigs, Sus scrofa. We investigated the ability of juvenile pigs to discriminate between pairs of familiar, similar-aged conspecifics in a Y-maze learning...

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Pig

Citation: McLeman MA, Mendl MT, Jones RB. 2008. Social discrimination of familiar conspecifics by juvenile pigs, Sus scrofa: Development of a non-invasive method to study the transmission of unimodal and bimodal cues between live stimuli. App Anim Behav Sci. 115;123-137.

CCAC guidelines on: the care and use of farm animals in research, teaching and testing

These guidelines aim to provide information for investigators, animal care committees, facility managers and animal care staff that will assist in improving both the care given to farm animals and the manner in which experimental procedures are carried out. The...

Year Published: 2009Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: Cattle, Chicken, Equine, Fowl, Goat, Pig, Sheep

Citation: Canadian Council on Animal Care. 2009. CCAC guidelines on: the care and use of farm animals in research, teaching and testing. Ottawa, Canada.

Environmental enrichment techniques for laboratory swine: A comparative analysis of four cost-effective enrichment methods

Rubber hose, puzzle feeder, frozen food and frozen swine pelleted diet were tested as enrichment options for pigs.

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Wicklund, A., Westmoreland, L., Rincon, L. et al. 2009. Environmental enrichment techniques for laboratory swine: A comparative analysis of four cost-effective enrichment methods. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 117-118 (Abstract).

A review of environmental enrichment for pigs housed in intensive housing systems

This paper critically reviews the literature concerning environmental enrichment for weaner, grower and finisher pigs housed in intensive (indoor) production systems. The thesis of our review is that successful enrichment should meet four criteria of success: (1) it should increase...

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: van de Weerd, A. H., Day, J. E. L. 2009. A review of environmental enrichment for pigs housed in intensive housing systems. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 116, 1-20.

The role of novelty in environmental enrichment for the weaned pig

Habituation to environmental enrichment objects can occur rapidly. Novelty of an object is an important property involved in initiating and maintaining exploration, and this can be achieved by renewing objects. The aims of this study were to assess whether alternation...

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Trickett, S. L., Guy, J. H., Edwards, S. A. 2009. The role of novelty in environmental enrichment for the weaned pig 116, 45-51.

Preferences of minipigs for environmental enrichment objects

The minipig is an increasingly popular species for use in behavioral and toxicologic studies. As a result, quantification of environmental enrichment preferences for this species is especially important. We exposed 6 individually housed prepubertal female Yucatan minipigs to 1 of...

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Smith, M. E., Gopee, N. V., Ferguson, S. A. 2009. Preferences of minipigs for environmental enrichment objects. JAALAS 48(4), 391-394.

From operant learning to cognitive enrichment in farm animal housing: bases and applicability

This study has its basis in recent findings by our own and other laboratories and proposes a type of rewarded operant learning that seeks the detection of discriminatory cues as a cognitive enrichment in intensive husbandry systems. This type of...

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Cattle, Equine, Goat, Pig

Citation: Manteuffel, G., Langbein, J., Puppe, B. 2009. From operant learning to cognitive enrichment in farm animal housing: bases and applicability. Animal Welfare 18, 87-95.

Farm Animal Welfare in Great Britain: Past, Present and Future

The Council has examined the effectiveness of British policy on farm animal welfare since 1965 and sets out a strategy that will lead to steady improvements in welfare over the next 20 years. Proposals are made for Government and commercial...

Year Published: 2009Animal Type: All/General, Bird, Cattle, Chicken, Equine, Fowl, Pig, Sheep

Citation: Farm Animal Welfare Council 2009. Farm Animal Welfare in Great Britain: Past, Present and Future. Farm Animal Welfare Council, London, UK.

The use of positive reinforcement with Göttinger minipigs

Experimental procedures, such as dosing, weighing, and physical exams are usual parameters included in nonclinical safety and efficacy studies using laboratory animals. Many of these procedures are often associated with discomfort for the animals and restraint is necessary, which can...

Year Published: 2010Topics: Animal TrainingAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Brodersen, T., Glerup, P., Mølgaard, S. et al. 2010. The use of positive reinforcement with Göttinger minipigs. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 721-722 (Abstract #P128).