Page 9 of articles about behaviour-welfare in Abstracts

These results may contribute to the improvement of the welfare and performance of growing-finishing pigs by a better knowledge of the influence of the rearing environment.

The systematic application of husbandry practices can significantly improve productivity, mortality and culling rates, and treatment costs in growing pigs.

Although the results definitely support a space allowance of 1.4 m2/sow being too small, it is not possible to give guidance on an actual space allowance at mixing that is adequate.

Magnesium supplementation my improve pig welfare.

This study tested experimentally whether acoustic contact without any possibility to see other sows is sufficient for a high level of nursing synchronization.

In the present study, possible differences in behavior, production results and meat quality between entire males and gilts, both housed in single-sex groups but with visual contact to other groups, were investigated.

The reduction of blood metabolites in tail-biting piglets may be linked with low nutrient absorption as a result of an impairment to perform a normal feeding behaviour.

Recent papers found similar productivity, physiology, health, and behavior among individually or grouped sows during gestation.

Supplemental dietary tryptophan may reduce stress during handling and transport in weanling pigs.

Farrowing behavior, cross-fostering, birth weight and gender of piglets were investigated.

The aim of this study was to determine the impact of a 33% reduction in straw used for bedding on ammonia, GHG and odour emissions.

Sorting by parity shielded first-parity sows from severe injuries caused by mixing-induced aggression.

After the second dose of vaccine, pigs penned with entire males had more injuries than pigs in immunologically castrated pens.

The use of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic/euthanasia agent may prove to be affordable, feasible and more humane than other alternatives.

Different floor space allowances for dry, pregnant sows in pens were evaluated to determine the impacts of space on sow behavior, immune, and cortisol measures.

In view of the current and future trends, the breeding goals have to include several additional traits and new phenotypes.