Welfare Assessment in Pigs Using the Salivary Proteome

Authors: Sara Prims, Chris Van Ginneken, Xaveer Van Ostade, Christophe Casteleyn

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: biomarkers, health status, pig, piglet, proteome, proteomics, saliva, stress, welfare

2024

Wild boar behaviour during live-trap capture in a corral-style trap: implications for animal welfare

Authors: Åsa Fahlman, Johan Lindsjö, Therese Arvén Norling, Petter Kjellander, Erik Olof Ågren, Ulrika Alm Bergvall

Publication/Journal: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Keywords: 3R, ethogram, health, hunting, management, refinement, stress, sus scrofa, trapping, wildlife

2020

Effects of parity and litter size on cortisol measures in commercially housed sows and their offspring

Authors: Sanne Roelofs, Lisa Godding, Jeanne R. de Haan, Franz Josef van der Staay, Rebecca E. Nordquist

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: birth weight, hair cortisol, pigs, salivary cortisol, stress

2019

Playful pigs: Evidence of consistency and change in play depending on litter and developmental stage

Authors: S. M. Brown, R. Peters, I. M. Nevison, A. B. Lawrence

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: growth, litter differences, piglet, play, weaning

2018

Acute social stress-induced immunomodulation in pigs high and low responders to ACTH

Authors: Elodie Bacou, Karine Haurogné, Grégoire Mignot, Marie Allard, Laurence De Beaurepaire, Jordan Marchand, Elena Terenina, Yvon Billon, Julien Jacques, Jean-Marie Bach, Pierre Mormède, Julie Hervé, Blandine Lieubeau

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: catecholamines, cortisol, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis, neuroimmunomodulation, pig, stress

2017

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

Determination of swine euthanasia criteria and analysis of barriers to euthanasia in the United States using expert opinion

Authors: C. R. Mullins, M. D. Pairis-Garcia, K. A. George, R. Anthony, A. K. Johnson, G. J. Coleman, J. L. Rault, S. T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, decision-making, education, euthanasia, swine, timeliness

2017

Docking piglet tails: How much does it hurt and for how long?

Authors: Pierpaolo Di Giminiani, Abozar Nasirahmadi, Emma M. Malcolm, Matthew C. Leach, Sandra A. Edwards

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behaviour, nociception, pain, pig, tail docking, vocalisation

2017

Farmers’ perception of aggression between growing pigs

Authors: Irene Camerlink, Simon P. Turner

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, farmers, perception, pig, survey

2017

Gangs of piglets: Welfare and growth of imprinted and guided weaners

Authors: Nikolina Mesarec, Maja Prevolnik Povše, Dejan Škorjanc, Janko Skok

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, domestic pig, growth, imprinting, post-weaning aggression, weaning

2017