Application of the Welfare Quality® animal welfare assessment system in Finnish pig production, part I: Identification of principal components
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, growing pig, internal consistency, principal component analysis, sow, welfare quality®
2015
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
Confinement of sows for different periods during lactation: effects on behaviour and lesions of sows and performance of piglets
Publication/Journal: animal
Keywords: behaviour, farrowing crate, integument, loose-housing, sow
2015
Does the presence of shoulder ulcers affect the behaviour of sows?
Publication/Journal: Research in Veterinary Science
Keywords: behaviour, pain, shoulder ulcer, sow, welfare
2015
Effect of different management techniques to enhance colostrum intake on piglets’ growth and mortality
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, colostrum intake, colostrum supplementation, management routines, pig, sow
2015
The effect of overgrown claws on behaviour and claw abnormalities of sows in farrowing crates
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: lactating sows, lying down behaviour, overgrown claws, postural behaviour
2015
Effects of prepartum housing environment on abnormal behaviour, the farrowing process, and interactions with circulating oxytocin in sows
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: farrowing duration, farrowing environment, oxytocin, sow, stereotype, stillbirth
2015
Effects of stage of gestation at mixing on aggression, injuries and stress in sows
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aggression, housing, reproduction, sow, stress, welfare
2015
Governing Animal-human Relations in Farming Practices: A Study of Group Housing of Sows in the EU
Publication/Journal: Sociologia Ruralis
Keywords: culture, farmers, geography, livestock, society, sociology, welfare
2015
The influence of neonatal environment on piglet play behaviour and post-weaning social and cognitive development
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: alternative housing, enrichment, farrowing, play
2015