ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2024
A five domains assessment of sow welfare in a novel free farrowing system.
Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Excess backfat deposition and restricted feeding in gestating sows: An overview of mechanisms compromising their health and performance, and regulatory effects of functional dietary fibers.Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2026Review
- Stockperson attitudes towards Maternity Rings and farrowing crates.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- First lactation performance of sows in Maternity Ring housing is comparable to that in farrowing crates.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
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Abstract
The Maternity Ring was developed as a free farrowing alternative to crates that preserved space whilst providing the sow with unrestricted movement. This experiment aimed to apply the Five Domains model to assess sow welfare in the Maternity Ring in comparison with the farrowing crate. Eighty-eight sows were housed in a farrowing crate (FC) and 83 in a Maternity Ring (MR), and measures collected focussed on nutrition, environment, health, behaviour, and mental state outcomes. MR sows consumed less feed than FC sows (total feed intake: 93.8 ± 3.06 kg vs. 111.2 ± 3.13 kg;
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