Impact of prenatal stress and environmental enrichment prior to weaning on activity and social behaviour of piglets (Sus scrofa)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: comfort, emotional reactivity, exploration, housing enrichment, prenatal stress, social behaviour
2017
Reprint of “Rearing piglets in multi-litter group lactation systems: Effects on piglet aggression and injuries post-weaning”
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aggression, group lactation, piglet, pigsafe, socialisation, weaning
2017
Does housing influence maternal behaviour in sows?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behavioural testing, group-housing system, lactating sows, maternal behaviour
2016
The effect of temporary confinement of hyperprolific sows in Sow Welfare and Piglet protection pens on sow behaviour and salivary cortisol concentrations
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: housing, lactation, loose sows, sow behaviour, temporary confinement
2016
Effects of stocking rate on measures of efficacy and welfare during argon gas euthanasia of weaned pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, argon, behaviour, euthanasia, pigs, stocking rate
2016
Rearing piglets in multi-litter group lactation systems: Effects on piglet aggression and injuries post-weaning
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aggression, group lactation, piglet, pigsafe, socialisation, weaning
2016
Social Support Modulates Stress-Related Gene Expression in Various Brain Regions of Piglets
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Keywords: hpa axis, limbic brain regions, mRNA expression, pig, social buffering, social deprivation
2016
A survey of sow management at farrowing in the UK
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, farrowing, pain, pigs, sow management, survey
2016
Testing post-weaning food motivation in low and normal birth weight pigs in a runway and operant conditioning task
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: birth weight, motivation, operant conditioning, pigs, runway
2016
Comparison of the behaviour of piglets raised in an artificial rearing system or reared by the sow
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: artificial piglet rearing system, belly nosing, early weaning, play-fighting, resting behaviour
2015