Simple Summary Greater awareness about animal welfare forces breeders to pay more
attention to animals' needs and behaviors. The presence of sound coming from …

Animals' tail posture and motion play an important role in communication, amongst others. In
domestic pigs, the debate around tail docking and tail biting has made the tail an important …

The facial expressions of animals constitute a means of manifesting emotions, fulfilling
functions related to social interactions in several species. Interest has come to use facial …

The tail of pigs has been suggested as a welfare indicator as it can provide insight into a
pig's behavioural and emotional states. Tail posture and motion have so far mainly been …

This chapter reviews assessing emotions in pigs, specifically focussing on the ways of
determining negative and positive mental states. It begins by examining behavioural …

Piglets often undergo several painful treatments during the initial days of their lives. In this
review, we investigate the acute (ie, immediate), short-, and long-term implications of piglet …

The wild boar Sus scrofa is widely distributed, extending from Europe into Minor, Central,
and South-eastern Asia. Despite that, the biology of this species is well known, little is known …

It is now widely recognised that a positive human-animal relationship is beneficial not only
for farm animals' welfare but also for productivity and the quality of products. A better …

Digital images are becoming more readily available and possibilities for image processing
are developing rapidly. This opens the possibility to use digital images to monitor and detect …

Traditionally pigs are perceived as farm animals, but in the last 70–80 years (Bollen et al.,
2010), they have been serving some other purposes, particularly as companion animals. It is …