During the past 30 yr, investigating the physiology of eating behaviors has generated a truly
vast literature. This is fueled in part by a dramatic increase in obesity and its comorbidities …

The study of animal feeding behaviour is of interest to understand feeding, to investigate the
effect of treatments and conditions or to predict illness. This paper reviews the different steps …

Feeding behaviour--Feedbacks from the gastrointestinal tract--Metabolites and hormones--
Central nervous system and the special senses--Learning about food; conditioned …

Patterns of behavior exhibited by mice in their home cages reflect the function and
interaction of numerous behavioral and physiological systems. Detailed assessment of …

Attempts to understand ingestion have sought to understand the control of meals. The
present study evaluated a meal definition that included prandial drinking (drinking-explicit …

Feeding behavior and time spent eating contains valuable information that can be used for
managing livestock, identifying sick animals, and determining genetic differences within a …

Feeding behaviour consists of feeding events, separated by non-feeding intervals. Feeding
events are often clustered into bouts, which may be called meals. Grouping feeding events …

Much US swine production is in Köppen climate types classified as “hot-summer humid
continental” and “humid subtropical.” As a result, farrowing sows are often exposed to …

The welfare of growing-finishing pigs is important inherently to the pigs, but also for the
societal acceptance and environmental impact of the husbandry system. Nevertheless …

Abstract Changes in the feeding pattern of a pig may indicate disease or welfare issues and
can also be strongly related to productivity changes. Automatic measurements of the feeding …