ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
Like Mother Like Child: Do Fearful Sows Have Fearful Piglets?
Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- By your side: How social support affects training duration, task performance and behaviour of pigs in a Judgement Bias Task.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2025Article
- Place conditioning as evaluation of affective valence in piglets.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effects of Multistrain Probiotic Supplementation on Sows' Emotional and Cognitive States and Progeny Welfare.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Welfare of pigs on farm.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2022Article
- Freedom to Move: Free Lactation Pens Improve Sow Welfare.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Risk Factors for Chronic Stress in Sows Housed in Groups, and Associated Risks of Prenatal Stress in Their Offspring.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Review
- Judgment Bias During Gestation in Domestic Pigs.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
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Abstract
Gestational and early life experiences affect subsequent behavioural and physical development. The objective of the current study was to investigate associations between gilts' fear of humans, gestational stress level, and feeding and maternal behaviour, as well as how these related to aspects of the personality and growth of their offspring. A total of 37 gilts were used. Four human approach tests were performed between d 104 and d 111 of gestation to classify gilts as fearful or friendly. Gilt feeding behaviour and salivary cortisol concentration was measured between d 90 and d 108 of gestation, and gilt nursing behaviour assessed at d 13 of lactation. Piglets were subject to a back test at d 13 of age, to an open field test and a human approach test at d 20 of age, and growth was monitored to weaning (d 26 of age). Gilts classified as having a fearful behavioural profile had higher cortisol levels than friendly gilts (
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