The translation of animal welfare research into practice: The case of mixing aggression between pigs
Aggression between unfamiliar pigs at mixing is a major animal welfare problem in
commercial farming. It has been studied since the 1970s and remains an important topic in …
commercial farming. It has been studied since the 1970s and remains an important topic in …
The importance of genotype-by-age interactions for the development of repeatable behavior and correlated behaviors over lifetime
JE Brommer, B Class - Frontiers in Zoology, 2015 - Springer
Behaviors are highly plastic and one aspect of this plasticity is behavioral changes over age.
The presence of age-related plasticity in behavior opens up the possibility of between …
The presence of age-related plasticity in behavior opens up the possibility of between …
Automatic detection of mounting behaviours among pigs using image analysis
A Nasirahmadi, O Hensel, SA Edwards… - Computers and Electronics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Excessive mounting behaviours amongst pigs cause a high risk of poor welfare, arising from
skin lesions, lameness and stress, and economic losses from reduced performance. The aim …
skin lesions, lameness and stress, and economic losses from reduced performance. The aim …
Automated detection and analysis of social behaviors among preweaning piglets using key point-based spatial and temporal features
In the pig industry, the social behaviors of preweaning piglets are critical indicators of their
liveability, growth, health, and welfare status. In this study, we developed a novel method …
liveability, growth, health, and welfare status. In this study, we developed a novel method …
Long term benefits on social behaviour after early life socialization of piglets
Simple Summary Pig welfare is a societal concern, partly due to the intensive rearing
conditions. One welfare concern is aggression between newly regrouped pigs. Aggression …
conditions. One welfare concern is aggression between newly regrouped pigs. Aggression …
Spatiotemporal graph convolutional network for automated detection and analysis of social behaviours among pre-weaning piglets
Highlights•Used a graph convolutional network to recognize animal behaviors.•Constructed
spatiotemporal and self-adaptive graphs with high-quality node features.•Detected social …
spatiotemporal and self-adaptive graphs with high-quality node features.•Detected social …
[HTML][HTML] Keeping littermates together instead of social mixing benefits pig social behaviour and growth post-weaning
I Camerlink, C Proßegger, D Kubala, K Galunder… - Applied Animal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The importance of social stability and its influence on the expression of the social behaviour
repertoire in domestic animals remains poorly understood, especially for affiliative …
repertoire in domestic animals remains poorly understood, especially for affiliative …
Winner–loser effects overrule aggressiveness during the early stages of contests between pigs
Contest behaviour, and in particular the propensity to attack an unfamiliar conspecific, is
influenced by an individual's aggressiveness, as well as by experience of winning and …
influenced by an individual's aggressiveness, as well as by experience of winning and …
Aggressiveness as a component of fighting ability in pigs using a game-theoretical framework
Understanding animal contests has benefited greatly from employing the concept of fighting
ability, termed resource-holding potential (RHP), with body size/weight typically used as a …
ability, termed resource-holding potential (RHP), with body size/weight typically used as a …
The effect of mixing entire male pigs prior to transport to slaughter on behaviour, welfare and carcass lesions
Research is needed to validate lesions recorded at meat inspection as indicators of pig
welfare on farm. The aims were to determine the influence of mixing pigs on carcass lesions …
welfare on farm. The aims were to determine the influence of mixing pigs on carcass lesions …