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Autor:
Roberta Maria D'Alessio, Conor G Mc Aloon, Carla Correia-Gomes, Alison Hanlon, Keelin O'Driscoll
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 19, Iss 8, p e0305960 (2024)
The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a tail-biting risk assessment scheme. The scheme consisted of trained private veterinary practitioners (assessors) applying a risk assessment tool on commercial pig farms to six pens per farm. The assess
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/77a2cbe1057d4a16832885495823cf25
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 10 (2023)
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/762c87578f3b4f6980b34e9b66040f93
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 10 (2023)
This work compared the behavior and performance of 24 groups of 12 pigs kept in pens with either a DOUBLE [one feed space aligned with the front wall of the pen (WALL), and one immediately adjacent (IN)] or SINGLE (WALL only) spaced feeder, from wean
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/ac5aae194bb1469fb4ee11b22519dcc9
Publikováno v:
Animal Welfare, Vol 32 (2023)
Commercial gestation housing systems for sows generally fail to cater fully for their needs in terms of comfort or the ability to perform highly motivated behaviours, which can lead to chronic stress and an impairment to welfare. We compared a typica
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/0a03e0164e964bd3aa17dd0e0db26ab7
Autor:
Martyna E Lagoda, Keelin O’Driscoll, Maria C Galli, José J Cerón, Alba Ortín-Bustillo, Joanna Marchewka, Laura A Boyle
Publikováno v:
Animal Welfare, Vol 32 (2023)
Prenatal stress is the mechanism through which poor welfare of pregnant sows has detrimental effects on the health and resilience of their piglets. We compared two gestation housing systems (IMPROVED versus [conventional] CONTROL) in terms of sow str
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https://doaj.org/article/4681cda21bf74bd3a6a82ae8adbba26c
Effect of environmental enrichment and group size on the water use and waste in grower-finisher pigs
Publikováno v:
Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
Abstract The grower-finisher stage accounts for 64% of the total on-farm herd water use. Part of this is consumed by the pigs, but a part is also wasted. Drinking water usage and wastage is affected by different factors. We investigated how different
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/5056ed5c84ee465e804a99b029947726
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 9 (2022)
Chronic stress has a detrimental effect on sow welfare and productivity, as well as on the welfare and resilience of their piglets, mediated prenatally. Despite this, the specific risk factors for chronic stress in pregnant sows are understudied. Gro
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/228dfa83c4334b9ca0b4db92998f09e9
Autor:
Amy Haigh, Keelin O’Driscoll
Publikováno v:
Porcine Health Management, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019)
Abstract Abnormal behaviours such as ear and tail biting of pigs is of significant welfare and economic concern. Currently, pig welfare legislation is under renewed focus by the EU commission and is likely to be enforced more thoroughly. The legislat
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/e8b381b1687c4b2596dcb9d65f17a39a
Publikováno v:
Animals, Vol 12, Iss 14, p 1762 (2022)
Farrowing crates present a major animal welfare problem. This study investigated the effects of temporary confinement at farrowing on sow welfare and aimed to determine whether this type of system could improve sow welfare through increased freedom o
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/80ada8c9115c4d60860e2b269f83d67b
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 7 (2020)
One of the difficulties in complying with the prohibition of routine tail docking is a lack of effective alternative solutions to prevent tail biting, especially in fully slatted systems. This study compared three slat-compatible enrichment replenish
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/aaa4944a5db8460b94ec1171f7b60acc