Case control study on environmental, nutritional and management-based risk factors for tail-biting in long-tailed pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, environment, feeding, pig, risk factor, tail-biting
2018
Behavioural differences between weaner pigs with intact and docked tails
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, intact tail, pigs, tail docking, tail-biting
2016
Can tail-in-mouth behaviour in weaned piglets be predicted by behaviour and performance?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: pig, social behaviour, tail-biting, tail-in-mouth
2016
Standardising the assessment of environmental enrichment and tail-docking legal requirements for finishing pigs in Europe
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, inspector, legislation, pig, tail docking
2016
Test-retest reliability of the Welfare Quality® animal welfare assessment protocol for growing pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare assessment, animal-based measure, farm, pig, test-retest reliability, welfare quality®
2016
Animal welfare towards sustainability in pork meat production
Publication/Journal: Meat Science
Keywords: animal welfare, farm, meat production, pigs, slaughter, sustainability, transport
2015
Evidence for a link between tail biting and central monoamine metabolism in pigs (Sus scrofa domestica)
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: dopamine, neurotransmission, pig, serotonin, tail-biting
2015
Chewable materials before weaning reduce tail biting in growing pigs
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: enrichment, farrowing pen, ontogeny, pig, swine, tail-biting
2014
Docking the value of pigmeat? Prevalence and financial implications of welfare lesions in Irish slaughter pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, carcase, economics, meat inspection, pig, tail-biting
2014
The pig’s nose and its role in dominance relationships and harmful behaviour
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: allogrooming, dominance hierarchy, snout contact, swine, tail-biting
2013