The effect of parity and environmental restriction on behavioural and physiological responses of pre-parturient pigs
| Autor: | Susan Jarvis, B. van der Vegt, KA McLean, Alistair Lawrence, LA Deans, SK Calvert, J Chirnside |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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RANGING DOMESTIC PIGS
medicine.medical_treatment nest-building Animal-assisted therapy PROLACTIN periparturient behaviour Biology Hpa activity Animal science Pet therapy Food Animals SOW BEHAVIOR medicine PIGLETS environmental restriction CORTISOL pig-reproduction PROGESTERONE FARROWING BEHAVIOR Physiological responses OXYTOCIN Plasma cortisol STIMULI parity Animal Science and Zoology STRAW Pig reproduction Parity (mathematics) Blood sampling |
| Zdroj: | Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 71(3), 203-216 Scotland's Rural College |
| ISSN: | 0168-1591 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0168-1591(00)00183-0 |
| Popis: | There is increasing evidence that restriction of pre-parturient behaviour in pigs is stress-inducing, characterised by an elevation in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) activity in gilts. To determine whether pigs adapt to behavioural restriction, through modification of nest-building behaviour, we studied pre-parturient pigs in either farrowing crates (no bedding, n = 7) or straw-bedded pens (n = 7) in their first (gilts) and second (sows) parity. with physiological measurements being taken in the second parity. Observations and blood sampling were carried out during the preparturient phase. Crated pigs changed posture more often than penned pigs (F-1,F-12 = 7.06, P |
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