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Music modulates emotional responses in growing pigs

Scientific Reports, 2022
There is a lack of clarity on whether pigs can emotionally respond to musical stimulation and whether that response is related to music structure. Qualitative Behavioral Assessment (QBA) was used to evaluate effects of 16 distinct musical pieces (in ...
Juliana Zapata Cardona, Maria Camila Ceballos, Ariel Marcel Tarazona Morales, Edimer David Jaramillo, Berardo de Jesús Rodríguez   +4 more
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Talking tails : quantifying the development of tail biting in pigs [PDF]

, 2010
Tail biting is an adverse behaviour characterised by manipulation of a pig’s tail by another pig resulting in tail damage and a possible tail biting outbreak. Tail biting is a common problem in the pig husbandry causing economic losses and reduced animal
Zonderland, J.J.
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Obstructive urolithiasis in growing-finishing pigs

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira
: Obstructive urolithiasis is a disease characterized by the presence of uroliths in the urinary tract, with consequent obstruction of excretion pathways.
Marina P. Lorenzett, Raquel A.S. Cruz, Bianca S. Cecco, Claiton I. Schwertz, Márcia E. Hammerschmitt, Daniela T. Schu, David Driemeier, Saulo P. Pavarini   +7 more
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Comparison of apparent total tract and ileal digestibility in growing and finishing pigs fed soybean meal, rapeseed meal, and canola meal

Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2018
Three growing and three finishing [Duroc × (Yorkshire × Landrace)] barrows (body weight = 22.68 ± 0.18 kg and 49.43 ± 0.78 kg) were used in this 3 × 3 Latin square experimental design to evaluate the comparative effects of soybean meal (SBM), rapeseed ...
W. C. Liu, S. I. Lee, S. T. Hong, Y. S. Jang, I. H. Kim   +4 more
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Welfare of entire male pigs is improved by socialising piglets and keeping intact groups until slaughter

Animal, 2013
In today's production systems, pigs raised for slaughter are mixed many times, resulting in stress and fighting. The negative consequences of mixing are probably more severe with entire males than with castrates, as they fight more.
L. Rydhmer, M. Hansson, K. Lundström, C. Brunius, K. Andersson   +4 more
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Gut microbiota regulates growth retardation in pigs through their metabolites of taurine and butyric acids

Frontiers in Microbiology
Growth retardation of piglets has always been observed in current pig production system. Here we defined these pigs as stunted pigs. Stunted pigs show normal feed intake, but exhibit extremely slow growth speed.
Tao Shen, Yunyan Zhou, Jun Gao, Xinwei Xiong, Congying Chen   +4 more
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Nutrient digestibility and physiological implication of feed withdrawal periods and ascorbic acid supplementation in growing pigs under tropical environment

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2020
A study was conducted to evaluate nutrient digestibility and physiological impact of feed withdrawal periods and ascorbic acid supplementation in pigs reared in tropics. Unsexed, 8 weeks old mixed breed pigs (54) with mean body weight of 5.5±0.2 kg were
C P NJOKU, O Y AYO-AJASA, D A EKUSEINTAN, T A OKUNNIYI, M J AGBENIGA   +4 more
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Dietary energy density and the performance characteristics of growing pigs [PDF]

, 2004
Optimal nutritional management of growing pigs is constrained by lack of quantitative information on the response of animals between 30 and 110 kg live weight to dietary energy content.
Henman, David James
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Integrated models of livestock systems for climate change studies. 2. Intensive systems. [PDF]

, 2001
The potential impact of climate change by the year 2050 on intensive livestock systems in Britain is assessed through the use of simulation models of farming systems.
Cooper, K., Matthews, A. M., Clark, J.A., A. C. Armstrong, Parsons, D.J., D. J. Parsons, A. M. Matthews, Matthews, A.M., Parsons, D. J., Armstrong, A.C., J. R. Turnpenny, Armstrong, A. C., K. Cooper, Parsons, David J., Turnpenny, J. R., Turnpenny, J.R., Clark, J. A., J. A. Clark, Cooper, K. C.   +18 more
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The effect of sex and slaughter weight on performance, carcass quality and gross margin, assessed on three commercial pig farms

Animal, 2020
Economic margins on pig farms are small, and changing slaughter weights may increase farm profitability. However, one can question if the optimal slaughter weight is the same for each sex.
A. Van den Broeke, F. Leen, M. Aluwé, J. Van Meensel, S. Millet   +4 more
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