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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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Effects of different rooting materials on behaviour and welfare of finishing pigs

Authors: Ellen Marie Rosvold, Marko Ocepek, Inger Lise Andersen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, environmental enrichment, finishing pigs, rooting material, welfare

2024

Using automated image analysis in pig behavioural research: Assessment of the influence of enrichment substrate provision on lying behaviour

Authors: Abozar Nasirahmadi, Sandra A. Edwards, Stephanie M. Matheson, Barbara Sturm

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: enrichment material, image processing, lying behaviour, pig

2017

Effect of increasing amounts of straw on pigs’ explorative behaviour

Authors: Margit Bak Jensen, Mette S. Herskin, Björn Forkman, Lene Juul Pedersen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: exploratory behaviour, growing pigs, rooting material, straw, welfare

2015

Rooting area and drinker affect dunging behaviour of organic pigs

Authors: Herman Maarten Vermeer, Henk Altena, Pieter Franciscus Gerardus Vereijken, Marc Bernardus Maria Bracke

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, drinking, dunging, organic, pigs, rooting

2015

Fresh wood reduces tail and ear biting and increases exploratory behaviour in finishing pigs

Authors: Helena Telkänranta, Marc B. M. Bracke, Anna Valros

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, fattening pigs, oral-nasal manipulation, point-source enrichment, redirected behaviours, welfare

2014

How much is enough? The amount of straw necessary to satisfy pigs’ need to perform exploratory behaviour

Authors: Lene J. Pedersen, Mette S. Herskin, Björn Forkman, Ulrich Halekoh, Kristian M. Kristensen, Margit B. Jensen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, activity, growing pigs, rooting material, straw, welfare

2014

Minimizing aggression during mixing of gestating sows with supplementation of a tryptophan-enriched diet

Authors: Rosangela Poletto, Fabiana C. Kretzer, Maria J. Hötzel

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggression, animal welfare, gestation, social mixing, swine, tryptophan

2014

Prepartum nest-building has an impact on postpartum nursing performance and maternal behaviour in early lactating sows

Authors: Jinhyeon Yun, Kirsi-Marja Swan, Chantal Farmer, Claudio Oliviero, Olli Peltoniemi, Anna Valros

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: farrowing environment, maternal behaviour, nest building, oxytocin, prolactin, sows

2014

Behaviour and performance of pigs finished on deep bedding with wood shavings or rice husks in summer

Authors: M.J. Hötzel, E.J.C. Lopes, P.A.V. de Oliveira, A.L. Guidoni

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, housing, performance, redirected behaviours, rooting material

2009

Short-term behavioural effects of weaning age in outdoor-reared piglets

Authors: M. J. Hötzel, L. C. P. Machado Filho, R. Irgang, L. Alexandre Filho

Publication/Journal: animal

Keywords: housing, ingestive, pig, social, welfare

2009

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