ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
A Comparison of the Behavior, Physiology, and Offspring Resilience of Gestating Sows When Raised in a Group Housing System and Individual Stalls.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Electronic sow feeding: characterizing feeding patterns of gestating sows and their associations to reproductive performance.Irish veterinary journal · 2026Article
- Quantifying chronic stress in group- and stall-housed sows during gestation using cortisol in hair.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2026Article
- Variations in Diacron-Reactive Oxygen Metabolites and Biological Antioxidant Potential Across Reproductive Phases and Parities in Sows Reared Under Different Production Systems.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Inheritance of feed intake-based resilience traits and their correlation with production traits in Finnish pig breeds.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Behavior and Affective State of Different-Parity Sows with Strong/Weak Pupil Light Reflex.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Linking Animal Welfare and Antibiotic Use in Pig Farming-A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Productivity of mother pigs is lower, and mortality greater, in countries that still confine them in gestation crates.F1000Research · 2022Article
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Abstract
Being in a confined environment causes chronic stress in gestating sows, which is detrimental for sow health, welfare and, consequently, offspring physiology. This study assessed the health and welfare of gestating sows housed in a group housing system compared to individual gestation stalls. After pregnancy was confirmed, experimental sows were divided randomly into two groups: the group housing system (GS), with the electronic sow feeding (ESF) system; or individual stall (IS). The behavior of sows housed in the GS or IS was then compared; throughout pregnancy, GS sows displayed more exploratory behavior, less vacuum chewing, and less sitting behavior (
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