Animal Well-being
Improving the Welfare of Group Housed Sows Fed via Electronic Sow Feeding
This study was designed to examine different ways of mixing sows into a large dynamic pen equipped with electronic sow feeders.
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Animal Well-being
Validation of EEG measures for pain assessment in piglets aged 0 to 10 days
According to current commercial practice, tail docking of pigs is performed without analgesia and is therefore acutely painful. Negative public perception concerning tail docking without the use of...
Animal Well-being
Systematic Literature Review and Needs Assessment of Housing Systems for Lactating sows and Their Litters
The farrowing crate is one of several common animal husbandry practices facing increased public scrutiny across the globe. Like a gestation stall, similar welfare concerns are expressed about...
Animal Well-being
A Comprehensive Literature Review on the Development, Treatment and Prevention of Shoulder Lesions in Sows
Shoulder ulcers (shoulder lesions) in sows are most commonly observed in the first weeks of lactation, following farrowing. The prevalence of this problem varies greatly from herd to herd due to a...
Animal Well-being
Weaned pig transport: animal welfare impact of duration of trip, and provision of feed and water
Weaned pigs are transported on many USA farms. Some are transported short distances and others many hours. During transport...
Animal Well-being
The use of bedding in ramp to reduce slipping and falling while loading and unloading weaned and finishing pigs
Transport is a potentially stressful event that almost all piglets/pigs go through at least once in their life considering multi-site production systems and location of packing plants. Handling...
Animal Well-being
Comparing Heat Lamp vs. Heat Mat for Farrowing Crate Heating
From 2007 to 2012, the average number of piglets born and piglets born alive for the US swine operation increased by 1.1 and 1.2 piglets...
Animal Well-being
Establishing Bedding and Boarding Requirements for Finisher Pigs Through Scientific Validation – Macro Study
1. Establishing bedding requirements during transport and monitoring skin temperature over seasons after transport for finishing...
Animal Well-being
Nitrous Oxide for piglet euthanasia: validation by electroencephalography (EEG),
The identification and validation of humane methods to euthanize piglets is critical to address public concern that current methods are not optimal. The blunt force trauma procedure is humane when...
Animal Well-being
Identifying best operating procedures for CO2 gas euthanasia of suckling and nursery age pigs – effects of stocking density
Gas euthanasia methods are commonly chosen when large groups of animals need to be humanely and efficiently put to death, such as during disease outbreaks. Nevertheless, previous research by our...
