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Effects of pre-weaning food presentation on response to solid feed in piglets post-weaning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

G. White  and
J. J. Cooper
G. White
Affiliation:
Animal Behaviour Cognition and Welfare Group, Faculty of Applied Sciences, De Montfort University, Caythorpe Court, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire NG32 3EP, U.K.
J. J. Cooper
Affiliation:
Animal Behaviour Cognition and Welfare Group, Faculty of Applied Sciences, De Montfort University, Caythorpe Court, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire NG32 3EP, U.K.
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Piglets commonly show a setback in growth and a low intake of solid feed on weaning at three to four weeks of age. Outdoor reared piglets, however, have been found to spend more time eating solid feed than indoor reared piglets in straw yard weaning pens (Webster and Dawkins 2000, Cox and Cooper 2001), even though outdoor piglets do not conventionally receive creep feed prior to weaning. Outdoor piglets are, furthermore, frequently observed chewing the roll nuts provided to outdoor sows. In this study, therefore, we investigated the effect of two aspects of outdoor rearing on the feeding behaviour of indoor reared piglets. These aspects were maternal facilitation of feeding and large pellet size.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2001 , 2001 , pp. 32
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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Cox, L.N. and Cooper, J.J. 2001. Observations on the pre- and post-weaning behaviour of piglets reared in commercial indoor and outdoor environments. Animal Science 72: 75–86.Google Scholar
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