The intention of the new European legislation on rooting materials for pigs is to improve the
welfare of pigs. The question is: which materials are suitable rooting materials for pigs? To …

Tail-biting data from different studies are difficult to compare because a range of definitions
of tail-biting behaviour and tail-biting lesions are used. Although records from abattoirs …

Animal welfare is a multifaceted issue that can be approached from different viewpoints,
depending on human interests, ethical assumptions, and culture. To properly assess …

Effective therapies for obesity require invasive surgical and endoscopic interventions or high
patient adherence, making it challenging for patients with obesity to effectively manage their …

During the past decades there has been considerable interest in the use of dietary fibre in
both animal and human nutrition. In human subjects dietary fibre has been studied …

Diurnal patterns and time courses of activity were investigated in groups of fast-growing
broilers subjected to different levels of qualitative and quantitative feed restrictions. Eight …

Effects of early substrate-enrichment on behaviour and productivity of pigs were evaluated in
a trial with four siblings as the experimental unit. Pens either were (= E) or were not (= 0) …

Three trials were carried out in a completely randomized design aiming to assess the
behavior of pigs in growth phase in enriched environments. Trial 1 evaluated the effects of …

In a semi-natural environment, a lot of the daily activity of pigs is spent in exploratory and
foraging behaviour. Providing enrichment material attractive to the pigs both over the short …

This study aimed to establish associations between the environment and animal-based
measures of welfare collected on 158 Finnish farms according to the Welfare Quality® …