Stress measures in tail biters and bitten pigs in a matched case-control study
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: adrenal, animal welfare, injurious behaviour, physiology, swine, thyroid
2013
The effect of biting tails and having tails bitten in pigs
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behavior, fear tests, heart rate (max. 6), pigs, tail-biting, welfare
2012
Relationship between growth rate and oral manipulation, social nosing, and aggression in finishing pigs
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: affiliative behaviour, average daily gain, indirect genetic effects, swine, tail-biting
2012
Tail biting in fattening pigs: Associations between frequency of tail biting and other abnormal behaviours
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: abnormal behaviour, injurious behaviour, pig, tail-biting, welfare
2011
Rope test may indicate efficacy of tail-biting treatments in growing pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, model, pigs, tail-biting, treatment
2009
A Combination of Behavioral and Physiological Indicators for Assessing Pig Welfare on the Farm
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: albumin concentration, animal welfare, cortisol, farm-animal welfare, negative acute phase proteins, pig, retinol binding protein, welfare indicators
2008
A population-based on-farm evaluation protocol for comparing the welfare of pigs between farms
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based parameters, environment, housing, management, pig husbandry
2008
Tail docking in pigs: acute physiological and behavioural responses
Publication/Journal: animal
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, cortisol, pigs, tail docking
2008
The welfare of finishing pigs under different housing and feeding systems- liquid versus dry feeding in fully-slatted and straw-based housing
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, fully-slatted, housing, liquid feeding, pig, straw
2007
Tail-Biting in Mink (Mustela Vison) is Influenced by Age at Removal from the Mother
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, grooming, mink, self-directed behaviour, tail-biting, weaning
1994