ArticleScientific reports2022
A multi-suckling system combined with an enriched housing environment during the growing period promotes resilience to various challenges in pigs.
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- Impact of environmental enrichment and allostatic load induced by repeated mixing on the transcriptome of three porcine brain tissues.Molecular brain · 2026Article
- Impact of proximity definitions and sampling rates on social networks in pigs based on tracking using computer vision.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and Hair Cortisone/Cortisol Measurements in Domestic Pigs Exposed to Road Transportation and Dexamethasone Treatment.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Monitoring resilience in bursts.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Rearing pigs with play opportunities: the effects on disease resilience in pigs experimentally inoculated with PRRSV.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Environmental enrichment affects immunity and reduces disease severity in pigs after co-infection, with stronger effects when applied from birth than from weaning.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Amino acid supplementation counteracts negative effects of low protein diets on tail biting in pigs more than extra environmental enrichment.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Effects of a Multi-Suckling System Combined With Enriched Housing Post-Weaning on Response and Cognitive Resilience to Isolation.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
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Abstract
Little is known about the impact of social and environmental enrichment on improving livestock resilience, i.e. the ability to quickly recover from perturbations. We evaluated the effect of an alternative housing system (AHS) on resilience of pigs, as compared to conventional housing (CONV). The AHS consisted of multi-litter housing during lactation, delayed weaning, extra space allowance and environmental enrichment at all times. We assessed recovery to a 2 h-transport challenge, an LPS injection, 2 h-heat stress and a biopsy wound in 96 pigs. Additionally, indicators of long-term "wear and tear" on the body were determined. AHS pigs had better physiological recoveries with quicker returns to baseline in the transport and LPS challenges, showed lower cortisol accumulation in hairs and lower variance in weight gain over the experimental period compared to conventionally-housed (CONV) pigs. They also had higher levels of natural antibodies binding KLH than CONV pigs. Their response to heat stress revealed a different strategy compared to CONV pigs. Taken together, AHS pigs appear to be more resilient and experience less chronic stress. Enhancing welfare by provision of social and environmental enrichment that better meets the behavioural needs of pigs seems to be a promising approach to improve their resilience.
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