On farm monitoring of pig welfare: COST ACTION 846 Working group 2: On farm monitoring of welfare Subworking group: Pigs

209 Pages·2007·2.05 MB·English

by  A. Velarde

O n f a r m m o n i t o r i n g
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p i g w e l f a r e
edited by: A. Velarde and R. Geers
On farm monitoring of pig welfare

O n f a r m m o n i t o r i n g
o f
p i g w e l f a r e
COST ACTION 846
Working group 2: On farm monitoring of welfare
Subworking group: Pigs
edited by:
A. Velarde
R. Geers
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Table of contents
1. General introduction 11
Rony Geers
2. Lying behaviour (location, posture and duration) 19
Rony Geers
3. Lying down and standing up behaviour 25
Bernhard Hörning
4. Fear of humans 35
Hans Spoolder
5. Stereotypies 41
Frank Tuyttens
6. Apathy 47
Françoise Wemelsfelder
7. Agonistic behaviour 53
Antonio Velarde
8. Tail biting, ear biting and cannibalism 57
Marc Bracke
9. Vulva biting 65
Marc Bracke
10. Surgical interventions 71
Valerie Courboulay
11. Bursitis 75
Valerie Courboulay
12. Skin lesions 79
Antonio Velarde
13. Lameness 85
Antonio Velarde
14. Mortality 91
Frank Tuyttens
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15. Illness status 101
Kamara Scott, Sandra A. Edwards, Veerle Hautekiet and
Liesbet Van Steenbergen
16. Reproduction problems 107
Sandra A. Edwards
17. Body condition score 111
Valerie Courboulay
18. Cleanliness 117
Valerie Courboulay
19. Space allowance 121
Bernhard Hörning
20. Quality, type and amount of bedding 127
Bernhard Hörning
21. Floor type 135
Bernhard Hörning
22. Recreational devices 141
Marc Bracke
23. Environmental temperature 147
Rony Geers
24. Other environmental parameters 153
Rony Geers
25. Quality of stockpersonship 159
Susanne Waiblinger and Hans Spoolder
26. Remote monitoring 167
Rony Geers
27. Welfare parameters related to welfare needs 177
Marc Bracke
28. Guidelines to develop a monitoring tool for on farm application 181
29. Acknowledgement to COST Action 846 189
Index 203
8 On farm monitoring of pig welfare