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The backtest in pigs revisited—Inter-situational behaviour and animal classification

Authors: Manuela Zebunke, Gerd Nürnberg, Nina Melzer, Birger Puppe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: backtest, behaviour tests, classification, coping, personality, pigs

2017

Relationship between behavioural tests and agonistic interactions at different age levels in pigs

Authors: K. Scheffler, E. Stamer, I. Traulsen, J. Krieter

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, backtest, behaviour, human approach test, pig

2016

Genetic analysis of the individual pig behaviour in backtests and human approach tests

Authors: K. Scheffler, E. Stamer, I. Traulsen, J. Krieter

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: backtest, behaviour, heritability, human approach test, pig

2014

Responses to novel situations of female and castrated male pigs with divergent social breeding values and different backtest classifications in barren and straw-enriched housing

Authors: Inonge Reimert, T. Bas Rodenburg, Winanda W. Ursinus, Bas Kemp, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: backtest, enrichment, gender differences, novelty, pigs, social breeding values

2014

The effects of the light regimen imposed during lactation on the performance and behaviour of sows and their litters

Authors: Panagiotis E. Simitzis, Dimitrios Veis, Nikos Demiris, Maria A. Charismiadou, Anna Ayoutanti, Stelios G. Deligeorgis

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: farrowing, nursing, photoperiod, piglets’ performance, sow posture

2013

Searching for Differences in the Behavioural Response of Piglet Groups Subjected to Novel Situations

Authors: D. Magnani, S. Cafazzo, P. Calà, L. N. Costa

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: coping style, group, novel situation, piglet

2012

Coping personality type and environmental enrichment affect aggression at weaning in pigs

Authors: Luca Melotti, Marije Oostindjer, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, Suzanne Held, Michael Mendl

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, enrichment, environmental change, personality, pig, weaning

2011

Cortisol administration to pregnant sows affects novelty-induced locomotion, aggressive behaviour, and blunts gender differences in their offspring

Authors: Godelieve Kranendonk, Hans Hopster, Maaike Fillerup, E. Dinand Ekkel, Eduard J. H. Mulder, Marcel A. M. Taverne

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: activity, aggression, behavioural tests, corticosteroids, gender differences, gestation, pig, prenatal stress

2006

Effects of rearing and housing environment on behaviour and performance of pigs with different coping characteristics

Authors: J. Bolhuis, W. Schouten, J. Schrama, V. Wiegant

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: coping strategy, environmental change, environmental enrichment, ontogeny, personality, pig welfare

2006

Behavioural development of pigs with different coping characteristics in barren and substrate-enriched housing conditions

Authors: J. E. Bolhuis, W. G. P. Schouten, J. W. Schrama, V. M. Wiegant

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: coping strategy, environmental enrichment, housing, ontogeny, personality, pig welfare

2005

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