Simple Summary Emotions or affective states recognition in farm animals is an
underexplored research domain. Despite significant advances in animal welfare research …

Tail biting (TB) is a major health and welfare challenge in commercial pig production. Diet is
one of the six major risk factors proposed by the European commission (Commission, 2016) …

The feeding behaviour of growing-finishing pigs is an important indicator of performance,
health and welfare, but this use is limited by its large, poorly-understood variation. We …

Sickness can change our mood for the worse, leaving us sad, lethargic, grumpy and less
socially inclined. This mood change is part of a set of behavioral symptoms called sickness …

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 …

Simulations of precision feeding (PF) in which gestating sows were individually fed a daily
mixture of two diets with different amino acid contents indicated a reduction in protein intake …

A large variation in feeding patterns between pigs and over time hampers the use of data
from electronic feeding stations in the continuous monitoring of growing-finishing pig …

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 objective of this study was to determine the effect of individual cow personality traits on
feeding behavior and production under low levels of feeding competition, and to determine …

Simple Summary Aggression behaviour has several negative consequences on the
performance and welfare of pigs. Here, a Social Network Analysis (SNA) approach was …