The impact of lying down support on the lying down behaviour and piglet trapping in temporarily crated lactating sows

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The impact of lying down support on the lying down behaviour and piglet trapping in temporarily crated lactating sows

Original language description

Housing of lactating sows raises ongoing animal welfare concerns. The study aimed to examine whether farrowing pen design affects sow behaviour and piglet safety. We predict that sows will use lying-down supports more before crate opening and that increased space after crate opening will not increase piglet trapping. Nineteen sows were observed in temporary farrowing crates, with behaviours recorded at three time points and analysed using mixed models. Sows reduced their use of supports after crate opening, lying-down events lasted longer when supports were used, and piglet trapping was rare. Providing sows with more space allows natural behaviour without compromising piglet safety.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40201 - Animal and dairy science; (Animal biotechnology to be 4.4)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů