ArticleScientific reports2022
Music modulates emotional responses in growing pigs.
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- Influence of Specific Acoustic Parameters on Responses in Growing Pigs: Towards a Precision Auditory Enrichment Strategy.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Musical stimulation in lactating sows affects pre-weaning piglet mortality and maternal behavior.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Effects of Different Ways of Music Stimulation on Exploring, Playing and Aggressive Behavior.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
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- Literature review of the use of Qualitative Behaviour Assessment with a fixed list of terms.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Effects of a veterinary functional music-based enrichment program on the psychophysiological responses of farm pigs.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Music and Emotions in Non-Human Animals from Biological and Comparative Perspectives.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Adapted Original Music as an Environmental Enrichment in an Intensive Pig Production System Reduced Aggression in Weaned Pigs during Regrouping.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Selected Acoustic Frequencies Have a Positive Impact on Behavioural and Physiological Welfare Indicators in Thoroughbred Racehorses.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- A Practical Approach to Providing Environmental Enrichment to Pigs and Broiler Chickens Housed in Intensive Systems.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- The Role of Sound in Livestock Farming-Selected Aspects.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
- Spectro-temporal acoustic elements of music interact in an integrated way to modulate emotional responses in pigs.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Effect of milking environment enrichment through music on production performance and behaviour in cattle.Tropical animal health and production · 2022Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
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 terms of harmonic structure) on emotional responses in nursery pigs (n = 30) during four periods: "habituation", "treatments", "breaks" and "final". Data were evaluated using Principal component analysis (PCA). Two principal components (PC) were considered in the analysis: PC1, characterized as a positive emotions index, included the emotional responses content, playful, sociable, and happy, whereas PC2, characterized as a negative emotions index, included fearful, inquisitive, and uneasy with positive loadings, and relaxed and calm with negative loadings. Musical stimulation (treatment) increased (P < 0.01) both emotional indices, compared to other periods and this response was influenced by harmonic characteristics of the music. We concluded that pigs have a wide variety of emotional responses, with different affective states related to the music structure used, providing evidence of its potential use as environmental enrichment for this species.
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