articles about behaviour-welfare in Abstracts

Environmental enrichment with cubes appears to have the greatest effect when applied post-weaning whereas flavor attractants appear to have the greatest effect when applied both pre- and post-weaning.

The use of cortisone and the estimation of 11β-HSD type 2 activity in hair is recommended instead of using hair cortisol concentrations alone.

Results indicate that the pain-related behaviors in pigs from the UPAPS have different statistical weights.

Findings may explain numerically lower pregnancy and farrowing rates in sows mixed two days post-service.

The jute material and piglet nests positively impacted sow welfare and piglet measures but did not translate into improved piglet survival.

These findings highlight the complexities involved when forming social preferences and present a platform for further exploring the motivations for preferential associations among intensively farmed pigs.

Heritability estimates for all studied traits suggest they could be suitable as a method of phenotyping aggression and fear/boldness for genetic selection purposes.

Resilience to weaning stress was associated with behavioral differences in finishing gilts at mixing and when faced with novel situations.

The approach is capable of automatically monitoring several different behaviors of a group of pigs at the same time.

Results show the importance of differentiating between low viable and viable crushed piglets for the interpretation of risk factors for crushing losses.

Lameness may decrease sow gestation length and reduce placental efficiency in protecting the offspring from the sows’ stress response.

The metal hut appears to be the best compromise considering thermal environment, behavior, and litter survival.

Castrated piglets treated with transdermal flunixin demonstrated lower total pain scores and required less analgesic intervention immediately post-castration compared to castrated piglets receiving no treatment.

Results may explain the success of previous studies in classifying tail damage pens from pens without tail damage using sensor data on drinker use.

The live-born piglets of sows that were more active the day before farrowing, standing and in other activity than drinking and eating, had higher survival rates.

Cool cell pads improved pig well-being by providing more cooling than sprinklers but pig performance was unaffected.