Evidence for litter differences in play behaviour in pre-weaned pigs

Authors: Sarah Mills Brown, Michael Klaffenböck, Ian Macleod Nevison, Alistair Burnett Lawrence

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: growth development, individual differences, litter differences, pig, post-natal, pre-natal, sex effects, spontaneous play behaviour

2015

An initial investigation into the effects of isolation and enrichment on the welfare of laboratory pigs housed in the PigTurn^® system, assessed using tear staining, behaviour, physiology and haematology

Authors: S. P. DeBoer, J. P. Garner, R. R. McCain, D. C. Lay Jr, S. D. Eicher, J. N. Marchant-Forde

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cortisol, enrichment, isolation, pigs, tear staining

2015

Plasma cortisol and noradrenalin concentrations in pigs: automated sampling of freely moving pigs housed in the PigTurn versus manually sampled and restrained pigs

Authors: J. N. Marchant-Forde, D. L. Matthews, R. Poletto, R. R. McCain, D. D. Mann, R. T. Degraw, J. M. Hampsch, S. Peters, G. T. Knipp, C. B. Kissinger

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, blood sampling, cortisol, noradrenalin, pigs, restraint

2012

Variation in stereotypic behavior related to restraint in circus elephants

Authors: T. M. Gruber, T. H. Friend, J. M. Gardner, J. M. Packard, B. Beaver, D. Bushong

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chaining, elephas maximus, loxodonta africana, management, penning, stereotypies

2000

The effect of penning versus picketing on stereotypic behavior of circus elephants

Authors: Ted H. Friend, Melissa L. Parker

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: circus, elephant, housing, stereotypies

1999