The evidence for a causal link between disease and damaging behavior in pigs

LA Boyle, SA Edwards, JE Bolhuis, F Pol… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Damaging behaviors (DB) such as tail and ear biting are prevalent in pig production and
reduce welfare and performance. Anecdotal reports suggest that health challenges increase …

Linking animal welfare and antibiotic use in pig farming—A review

R Albernaz-Gonçalves, G Olmos Antillón, MJ Hötzel - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Minimising stress in intensive pig farms is paramount to raising
immunocompetent pigs. This entails providing the pigs with living conditions (from birth to …

[HTML][HTML] Low-cost livestock sorting information management system based on deep learning

Y Pan, Y Zhang, X Wang, XX Gao, Z Hou - Artificial Intelligence in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Modern pig farming leaves much to be desired in terms of efficiency, as these systems rely
mainly on electromechanical controls and can only categorize pigs according to their weight …

Effects of lavender essential oil inhalation on the welfare and meat quality of fattening heavy pigs intended for parma ham production

E Nannoni, G Martelli, M Scozzoli, S Belperio… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This study aimed to investigate lavender essential oil aromatherapy as a
calming phytoextract to improve the welfare of fattening Italian heavy pigs (intended for …

Early life predisposing factors for biting in pigs

A Prunier, X Averos, I Dimitrov, SA Edwards… - Animal, 2020 - cambridge.org
The pig industry faces many animal welfare issues. Among these, biting behaviour has a
high incidence. It is indicative of an existing problem in biters and is a source of physical …

Piglet mortality and morbidity: Inevitable or unacceptable?

EM Baxter, SA Edwards - Advances in pig welfare, 2018 - Elsevier
Piglet mortality is a problem with complex aetiology, predisposed by the natural biology of a
polytocous species which produces multiple offspring allocated disproportionate resources …

Postweaning mortality in commercial swine production. I: review of non-infectious contributing factors

JT Gebhardt, MD Tokach, SS Dritz… - Translational animal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Postweaning mortality is a complex causal matrix involving animal, environment, and
infectious etiologic factors. Despite advances in swine productivity such as total pigs born …

Genetic and phenotypic time trends of litter size, piglet mortality, and birth weight in pigs

PW Knap, EF Knol, AC Sørensen… - Frontiers in Animal …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Litter size in pigs has increased steadily since 1990. Because of unfavorable
genetic correlations with piglet mortality, breeding goals should include survival traits next to …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of dietary fat effects on reproductive performance of sows and growth performance of piglets

L Wang, S Zhang, LJ Johnston, CL Levesque… - Journal of animal …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Effects of added fat in sow diets on the sows' reproductive performance and
offspring growth performance are influenced by multiple factors such as genetics, nutrition …

[HTML][HTML] Immunomodulating effect of a seaweed extract from Ulva armoricana in pig: Specific IgG and total IgA in colostrum, milk, and blood

F Bussy, H Salmon, J Delaval, M Berri, NC Pi - Veterinary and animal …, 2019 - Elsevier
The transfer of passive immunity from sows to piglets can be improved through the
administration of immuno-stimulating products before farrowing. This study evaluated the …