Playing and fighting by piglets around weaning on farms, employing individual or group housing of lactating sows
Result description
Piglets from group housing systems (GH) may be better prepared for weaning than those from individual housing of sows with litters (IH). It was rarely investigated on pig farms. We assessed how piglets play, fighting and biting behaviour before and afterweaning were affected by the housing system and how the three behaviours are related to each other. We recorded behaviour in 5 GH and in 5 IH farms in Sweden. We observed 16 piglets from 4 litters in each farm on the day before weaning (W _ 1), the weaning day (W) and 5 days after weaning (W + 5). There was no difference between GH and IH farms in the frequency of playing, fighting or biting (p > 0.10). The frequency of playing and fighting differed significantly across the three observation days (p <0.05). Play was higher on day W_ 1 and on day W than on W+ 5 (p < 0.05 and p = 0.01), fighting was lower on W_ 1 than on W or W+ 5 (p < 0.05 and p < 0.05). On W_ 1 and W+ 5, playing correlated with fighting (r = 0.785, p < 0.01 and r = 0.
Keywords
PigHousingPlayAgonistic behaviourWeaningWelfareOn farm experiment
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angličtina
Original language name
Playing and fighting by piglets around weaning on farms, employing individual or group housing of lactating sows
Original language description
Piglets from group housing systems (GH) may be better prepared for weaning than those from individual housing of sows with litters (IH). It was rarely investigated on pig farms. We assessed how piglets play, fighting and biting behaviour before and afterweaning were affected by the housing system and how the three behaviours are related to each other. We recorded behaviour in 5 GH and in 5 IH farms in Sweden. We observed 16 piglets from 4 litters in each farm on the day before weaning (W _ 1), the weaning day (W) and 5 days after weaning (W + 5). There was no difference between GH and IH farms in the frequency of playing, fighting or biting (p > 0.10). The frequency of playing and fighting differed significantly across the three observation days (p <0.05). Play was higher on day W_ 1 and on day W than on W+ 5 (p < 0.05 and p = 0.01), fighting was lower on W_ 1 than on W or W+ 5 (p < 0.05 and p < 0.05). On W_ 1 and W+ 5, playing correlated with fighting (r = 0.785, p < 0.01 and r = 0.
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Classification
Type
Jx - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
GG - Zootechnics
OECD FORD branch
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Project
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Continuities
Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)
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Publication year
2010
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Applied Animal Behaviour Science
ISSN
0168-1591
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Volume of the periodical
124
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3-4
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
7
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UT code for WoS article
000277849100001
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Basic information
Result type
Jx - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP
GG - Zootechnics
Year of implementation
2010