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Xavier Manteca

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) - Spain Author

114 Followers 4 Articles

Xavier Manteca Vilanova received his BVSc and PhD degrees from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and a Master’s degree in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare from the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). Currently, he is Professor at the Department of Animal and Food Science at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the UAB, where he teaches animal behaviour (ethology) and animal welfare. Recently, he has founded the Farm Animals Welfare Education Centre (FAWEC).

His main lines of research have to do with farm animal behaviour and welfare. He has been member of the Panel on Animal Health and Animal Welfare of the European Food Safety Authority, and he has published some 100 articles in prestigious international journals.

Updated CV 13-May-2013

Xavier Manteca 114 Followers 4 Articles

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Picture 3. The nest area is a key feature of free farrowing systems. The nest allows the piglets to be safe in a confortable and secure zone and avoid sharing the same space than the sow.

Facilities-Equipment Article

Free farrowing systems on commercial farms in Denmark and Spain

Confinement is strongly criticised by public opinion and the industry is moving towards innovative housing of lactating sows.

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Sow giving birth

Genetics-ReproductionArticle

Pain caused by farrowing in sows

Farrowing is a painful and stressful process, especially in the case of gilts and dystocic farrowings.

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Prevalence (and standard deviation) of pigs with serious wounds in each assessed farm. The establisehd risk thresholds appear in orange colour.

ManagementArticle

Welfare assessment - present and future of the Welfare Quality^® view

This protocol is a very useful diagnostic tool so we can have a comprehensive view of a farm on a certain moment.

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Surgical castration without anesthesia

Approximately 80% of the 120 million male pigs that are slaughtered every year in the European Union are castrated (EFSA, 2004).

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