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Responses of pigs to social and non-social challenges in the abattoir

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

N.A. Geverink ,
R.H. Bradshaw ,
E. Lambooy  and
D.M. Broom
N.A. Geverink
Affiliation:
DLO-Institute for Animal Science and Health (ID-DLO), Edelhertweg 15, P.O.Box 15, 8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands
R.H. Bradshaw
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, United Kingdom
E. Lambooy
Affiliation:
DLO-Institute for Animal Science and Health (ID-DLO), Edelhertweg 15, P.O.Box 15, 8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands
D.M. Broom
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, United Kingdom
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Conditions at die abattoir are such that pigs are exposed to social stress (mixing with unfamiliar pigs) and non-social stress (rough handling). Individual differences in behavioural responses to stress in pigs have been well documented (Hessing et al., 1994; Jensen, 1994; Mendl et al., 1992) and can result in considerable variation in their ability to cope. In this experiment, we studied whether individual differences in behaviour and physiology in home pen conditions are related to subsequent reactions during periods of transport, driving and mixing.

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Pig Welfare
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1996 , March 1996 , pp. 208
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1996

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