Page 53 of articles about behaviour-welfare

Combining behavioral and physiological measures of stress provides a robust picture of piglet welfare during transport at different space allowances.

We assessed how piglets play, fighting and biting behaviour before and after weaning were affected by the housing system and weaning age as well as how the three behaviours are related to each other and piglet post-weaning weight gain.

This study evaluated the difference between the levels of cortisol in the plasma of piglets under stress (simulated castration) or in pain (castration), under controlled conditions.

The experiment aimed to investigate the effect of type of rooting material and space allowance on explorative and abnormal behaviour in growing pigs. Thirty-six pens with partly slatted concrete floor were allocated to one of four treatments: (1) low space allowance and maize silage as rooting material, (2) high space allowance and maize silage as rooting material, (3) low space allowance and straw as rooting material, and (4) high space allowance and straw as rooting material.