ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2020
On-Farm Welfare Assessment Protocol for Suckling Piglets: A Pilot Study.
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- Systematic review of animal-based indicators to measure thermal, social, and immune-related stress in pigs.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of litter hierarchy and teat allocation on suckling piglets' growth.Archives animal breeding · 2025Article
- Literature review of the use of Qualitative Behaviour Assessment with a fixed list of terms.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Fattening Pigs with Tannin-Rich Source (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Effect of two milk supplements and two ways of administration on growth performance, welfare and fecal microbial ecology of suckling piglets.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Impact of Routine Management Procedures on the Welfare of Suckling Piglets.Veterinary sciences · 2022Review
- Behavior and Welfare of Undocked Heavy Pigs Raised in Buildings with Different Ventilation Systems.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- The multivariate approach identifies relationships between pre-slaughter factors, body lesions, ham defects and carcass traits in pigs.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
Piglets experience welfare issues during the nursery phase. This pilot study aimed to test a protocol for identifying the main welfare issues in suckling piglets and to investigate relationships among animal-based indicators and management conditions. Litters (n = 134), composed of undocked and tail-docked piglets, were assessed at two farms. After birth, observations were made at the age of 7 days and 20 days. At each observation, housing conditions (HCs) were measured, and 13 animal-based indicators, modified from Welfare Quality, Classyfarm, Assurewel and others introduced ex novo, were recorded. A generalized linear mixed model was used, considering animal-based indicators as dependent variables and farm, piglets' age, tail docking and HCs as independent variables. The main welfare issues were lesions of the limb (32.6%) and the front area of the body (22.8%), a poor body condition score (BCS) (16.1%), ear lesions (15.5%), and tail lesions (9.7%). Negative social behaviour (e.g., fighting and biting) represented 7.0% of the active behaviour, with tail biting observed in 8.7% of the piglets. While lesions on the front areas of the body were mostly associated with the farm, tail lesions, low BCS, tear staining, and diarrhoea were associated with light and nest temperature (
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