Lidfors, Lena and Hultman, Pernilla and Zupan, Manja
(2020).
Providing additional objects to straw reduces piglets' redirected behaviour post-weaning but influences weight gain pre-weaning negatively.
Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A - Animal Science. 69
, 239-248
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We investigated the post-weaning effect of providing additional objects (i.e. rope, ball, tyre) to commercial piglets given straw pre- and post-weaning on behaviour and average daily gain (ADG). Piglets from litters with objects (O,n = 20 in 5 litters) and controls (C,n = 20 in 5 litters) were observed from 24 h post-weaning and during six days. Piglets were weighed at birth, weaning and 11 days post-weaning. O-piglets performed less littermate manipulation (P < 0.05), exploring pen fixtures (P < 0.1) and lying (P < 0.1) but spent more time in the creep post-weaning than C-piglets (P < 0.1). Social or locomotor play was expressed similarly in both treatments. Day strongly influenced the behaviour of pigs post-weaning. O-piglets had significantly lower pre-weaning ADG than C-piglets (P < 0.05), but there was no significant difference in post-weaning ADG between the treatments. Providing objects to piglets around weaning may reduce some negative behaviours, but may affect weight gain negatively.
| Authors/Creators: | Lidfors, Lena and Hultman, Pernilla and Zupan, Manja | ||||||
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| Title: | Providing additional objects to straw reduces piglets' redirected behaviour post-weaning but influences weight gain pre-weaning negatively | ||||||
| Series Name/Journal: | Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A - Animal Science | ||||||
| Year of publishing : | 2020 | ||||||
| Volume: | 69 | ||||||
| Page range: | 239-248 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 10 | ||||||
| Publisher: | TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0906-4702 | ||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||
| Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
| Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
| Version: | Published version | ||||||
| Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 | ||||||
| Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
| Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 402 Animal and Dairy Science > Animal and Dairy Science. | ||||||
| Keywords: | Pigs, enrichment, exploration, growth, play, social manipulation | ||||||
| URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-106932 | ||||||
| Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-106932 | ||||||
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| ID Code: | 19827 | ||||||
| Faculty: | VH - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science | ||||||
| Department: | (VH) > Dept. of Animal Environment and Health | ||||||
| Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
| Deposited On: | 30 Dec 2020 06:04 | ||||||
| Metadata Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2021 19:26 |
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