Pen-mate directed behaviour in ad libitum fed pigs given different quantities and frequencies of straw

Amdi, Charlotte; Lahrmann, Helle Pelant; Oxholm, L.C.; Schild, Sarah-Lina Aagaard; Nielsen, M. B. F.; Steinmetz, H.; Hansen, C. F.

doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2014.11.005

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“…A previous study has shown that teeth clipping may not be routinely necessary for some modern pig rearing systems (Bates, Hoge, Edwards, & Straw, ). In addition, tail docking is conducted routinely to prevent tail biting in pigs, but it does not completely eliminate tail biting (Hunter et al, ), especially when pigs are housed in high density and barren environments (Amdi et al, ; Statham, Green, & Mendl, ). Tail docking could cause traumatic neuromas and chronic infection (Herskin, Thodberg, & Jensen, ; Sandercock, Smith, Giminiani, & Edwards, ).…”

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Effects of tail docking and/or teeth clipping on behavior, lesions, and physiological indicators of sows and their piglets

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Animal Science Journal

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To evaluate effects of tail docking and/or teeth clipping on sows and their piglets, a total of 24 sows and their 302 piglets at 3 days of age were randomly allocated to one of four treatments: teeth clipping and tail docking (TCTD), teeth clipping (TC), tail docking (TD), or intact teeth and tail (Intact). Behavior of piglets and sows, lesions on the body and tail of piglets and sows' teats were inspected. Heart rates of processed piglets were increased (p < .01) during the procedures. Teeth clipping decreased body surface temperature (p < .01) of piglets during and after the procedures but tail docking did not (p > .01). Processed piglets spent more (p < .05) time lying alone and playing/fighting than sham‐processed piglets. Tail docked piglets spent less (p < .01) time standing than tail sham‐docked piglets. Intact teeth increased (p < .05) the avoidance behaviors of sows. Teeth clipping decreased (p < .05) the lesion scores on the anterior, middle, and posterior teats. Taken together, piglet teeth clipping had more impact on sows and their piglets than tail docking did in the lactation period based on our findings.

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Effects of tail docking and/or teeth clipping on behavior, lesions, and physiological indicators of sows and their piglets

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Animal Science Journal

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“…Straw is generally considered to have the highest potential to meet the criteria for effective enrichment material (Van de Weerd & Day, 2009;Haigh et al, 2019). However, it should be noted that slotted floors are prevalent in many pig farms, and the use of straw can cause significant difficulties in some sewer systems (Tuyttens, 2005;Amdi et al, 2015). Therefore, the plastic bottles filled to 50% of their capacity with grain can be seen as alternative.…”

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Influence of enrichment materials on the behaviour and productive traits of fattening pigs

Lykhach

2022

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Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License In industrial complexes, the environment for fattening pigs has limited space and often does not respect natural behaviour of pigs. The implementation of EU legislation in Ukraine requires from farmers to use enrichment materials that improve the welfare of pigs. This article shows possible solution for big industrial challenge -creating of comfortable conditions for pigs, which meet their ethological needs. The experiment was performed on 180 pigs. From 77 days of age, all experimental animals were divided into three groups (on the principle of analogues) of 60 heads in each. As criteria of aggressive social behaviour the fights and biting were chosen. It was found that at the first period of fattening in pigs of the control group (no enrichment materials) 24 cases of biting were registered, in animals with straw blocks (experimental group II) -6, with plastic bottles filled with grain (experimental group III) -4 cases. At the second period of fattening, the situation regarding intragroup aggression was identical to the first one, which was reflected by the level of the cortisol in the blood serum. Among pigs that had free access to enrichment materials, a significant increase in their live weight by 2.4-5.8%, and in average daily gain by 1.4-27.6% compared with animals in the control group was registered. This study aims to prove that the use of enrichment materials for fattening pigs helps to identify their natural behaviour in industrial complexes, avoids social aggression, increases productivity and improves their welfare.

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Using Evolutionary Operation technique to evaluate different management initiatives at herd level

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Pen-mate directed behaviour in ad libitum fed pigs given different quantities and frequencies of straw

Cited by 10 publications

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Effects of tail docking and/or teeth clipping on behavior, lesions, and physiological indicators of sows and their piglets

Effects of tail docking and/or teeth clipping on behavior, lesions, and physiological indicators of sows and their piglets

Influence of enrichment materials on the behaviour and productive traits of fattening pigs

Using Evolutionary Operation technique to evaluate different management initiatives at herd level

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