Environmental Enrichment of Pigs

• Main Author: Romans, Emma F (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; tail biting; meat quality; n/a; animal welfare; pig behavior; welfare; sows; fattening pigs; pig; enrichment; pigs; olfactory; positive emotions; social interactions; straw; EU; enrichment materials; tail biting outbreak; tail docking; barriers to implementation; post-weaning; pig directive; pig assessment; tail damage; mutilations; habituation; rope; EU policy; Bite-Rite; slatted system; China; farming; fattening pig; USA; weaners; enrichment material; negative emotions; aggression; Pig; swine; environmental enrichment; social status; garlic oil; performance; skin lesions; Chromogranin-A; veterinarian; behaviour; lactate; tail injury
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Summary

Pigs have a strong motivation to explore and root. In conventional pig husbandry systems, this need is difficult to fulfil, unless adequate enrichment materials are provided. This book summarises how enrichment strategies for pigs have evolved over the last few decades in different countries and provides a vast array of possibilities to enhance the exploratory needs of pigs. The role of enrichment material on avoidance of tail biting outbreaks or as an element triggering positive emotions in pigs is also discussed.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (174 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-03928-079-7
9783039280780
9783039280797

Access

Open Access