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The effects of prior experience of straw and depth of straw bedding on the behaviour of growing pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

J. E. L. Day ,
A. Burfoot ,
C. M. Docking ,
X. Whittaker ,
H. A. M. Spoolder  and
S. A. Edwards
J. E. L. Day
Affiliation:
ADAS Pig Research Unit, ADAS Terrington, Terrington St. Clement, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE34 4PW, UK
A. Burfoot
Affiliation:
ADAS Pig Research Unit, ADAS Terrington, Terrington St. Clement, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE34 4PW, UK
C. M. Docking
Affiliation:
ADAS Pig Research Unit, ADAS Terrington, Terrington St. Clement, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE34 4PW, UK
X. Whittaker
Affiliation:
ADAS Pig Research Unit, ADAS Terrington, Terrington St. Clement, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE34 4PW, UK
H. A. M. Spoolder
Affiliation:
ADAS Pig Research Unit, ADAS Terrington, Terrington St. Clement, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE34 4PW, UK
S. A. Edwards
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle, Department of Agriculture, King George VI Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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UK legislation dictates that all pigs shall have access to straw or other material or object suitable to satisfy their behavioural needs (Welfare of Livestock Regulations, 1994). However, it is unknown how much straw must be provided to be behaviourally rewarding, and whether pigs’ prior experience of straw can impact upon their subsequent behavioural needs. Therefore, the aim of the current experiment was to investigate these issues by exposing pigs which did, or did not, have prior experience of straw to four levels of straw bed depth.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2001 , 2001 , pp. 49
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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Welfare of livestock regulations. SI No. 2126. (1994). HMSO, London.Google Scholar