[HTML][HTML] Early life piglet experiences and impacts on immediate and longer-term adaptability
ME Lucas, LM Hemsworth, PH Hemsworth - animal, 2023 - Elsevier
Pigs in production systems are routinely exposed to challenging situations including abrupt
weaning, painful husbandry procedures, intense contact with stockpeople, and exposure to …
weaning, painful husbandry procedures, intense contact with stockpeople, and exposure to …
Review of the influence of farrowing and lactation housing and positive human contact on sow and piglet welfare
PH Hemsworth, AJ Tilbrook, RY Galea… - Frontiers in Animal …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Farrowing crates continue to be the most common system of housing farrowing and lactating
sows, however continuous confinement is one of the most contentious welfare issues in …
sows, however continuous confinement is one of the most contentious welfare issues in …
Improving young pig welfare on-farm: The Five Domains Model
Considering welfare through the “neonatal and nursery pig perspective” is an exciting
approach and one that resonates with consumers. Overlaying this with the Five Domains …
approach and one that resonates with consumers. Overlaying this with the Five Domains …
Cross-fostering alters the post-weaning pig behavioral stress response in a sex-specific manner
CJ Byrd, JM Young, DM Sommer - Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The purpose of the current study was to evaluate whether early postnatal stress due to cross-
fostering alters the behavioral response to stress in weaned pigs. We hypothesized that …
fostering alters the behavioral response to stress in weaned pigs. We hypothesized that …