Post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) is one of the most serious threats for the swine industry
worldwide. It is commonly associated with the proliferation of enterotoxigenic Escherichia …

Background In recent decades there has been a growing concern about animal stress on
intensive pig farms due to the undesirable consequences that stress produces in the normal …

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 …

Cook, NJ 2012. Review: Minimally invasive sampling media and the measurement of
corticosteroids as biomarkers of stress in animals. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 92: 227–259. The …

Over the past 50 years, biomedical research has established a strong linkage between
psychosocial stress and disease risk in humans, which has transformed the understanding …

The intense nature of pig production has increased the animals' exposure to stressful
conditions, which may be detrimental to their welfare and productivity. Some of the most …

Social network analysis is increasingly used by behavioral ecologists and primatologists to
describe the patterns and quality of interactions among individuals. We provide an overview …

Salivary cortisol is widely used as an indicator of stress and welfare in canine research.
However, much remains unclear about the basic features of this hormone marker in …

Socialisation is a process in which animals interact with unfamiliar conspecifics, that allows
them to develop their social abilities. Socialisation has been proposed as a method in pig …

The objective of the study was to estimate genetic correlations between skin lesions and
aggressive behavior postmixing and under more stable social conditions as a potential …