November 2017
Provision of environmental enrichment and herbal compounds may reduce stress in current commercial pig husbandry systems.
November 2017
Sows can exhibit clear preferences for enrichment type, with the sows interacting with the rope significantly more often throughout the study, at each sampling hour.
Read more … Behavioral preference for different enrichment objects in a commercial sow herd
November 2017
This study assessed the efficacy of two different Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccination programmes in relation to the time of weaning.
Read more … Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccination at or shortly before weaning
December 2017
Three experiments were conducted to investigate the implications of replacing farrowing crates with an alternative housing system from 3 days postpartum until weaning.
Read more … The behaviour and welfare of sows and piglets in farrowing crates or lactation pens
December 2017
Tail biting in pigs has been an identified behavioural, welfare and economic problem for decades, and requires appropriate but sometimes difficult on-farm interventions.
Read more … Predicting tail biting risk using classification and regression tree analysis
January 2018
Co-mingling of unfamiliar piglets before weaning did not improve performance. Co-mingling and intermittent suckling increased positive behaviour after weaning. Intermittent suckling likely advanced gastrointestinal changes in the peri-weaning period.
February 2018
The objective of this study was to determine the dissemination of multidrug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus sciuri (MDR-MRSS) in the environment after land application of manure on commercial swine farms.
March 2018
Early social environment can affect the development of aggression in the pig. Group lactation piglets have reduced aggression and skin injuries post-weaning.
Read more … Multi-litter group lactation systems: effects on piglet aggression and injuries
March 2018
Surgical castration has a negative impact on production in the suckling period, especially in pigs in the three lower quartiles for body weight.
April 2018
Levels of natural autoantibody-binding phosphorylcholine-conjugated bovine serum albumin and myelin basic protein were measured over time in pigs that were kept in environmental enriched v. barren housing.
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