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Instant Insights: Improving the Welfare of Gilts and Sows

by S. Björkman , C. Oliviero , O. A. T. Peltoniemi
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781801466394
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd
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  • Pages: 178
  • Original Price: USD 49.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 250 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Agriculture / Animal Husbandry

This collection features four peer-reviewed reviews on improving the welfare of gilts and sows.

The first chapter reviews current knowledge on the factors affecting the health and welfare of gilts and sows during pregnancy and parturition. The chapter considers the influence of group housing, stress and social interaction on the development of production diseases, such as post-partum dysgalactia syndrome and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome.

The second chapter provides a detailed overview of the factors affecting the welfare of pigs during breeding and gestation. The chapter considers the influence of modern pig production on animal behaviour and welfare and reviews to what extent the inability to form matriarchal groupings contributes to demonstrations of aggressive behaviour.

The third chapter concentrates on the managerial and environmental interventions that attempt to reconcile the behavioural and physiological needs of both the sow and piglets to optimise their welfare during farrowing and lactation.

The final chapter describes the welfare issues associated with individual confinement systems and examines the nature and significance of stereotyped behaviour in gestating sows. The chapter also addresses the issue of hunger in the pregnant sow and drivers to adopt group housing systems for pregnant sows.

Edwards, Sandra: -

Dr Sandra Edwards is Emerita Professor in the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences at Newcastle University, UK. Professor Edwards is widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on pig welfare with over 200 publications in the field. She has won numerous awards, including from organisations such as UFAW, EAAP, RSPCA and BSAS. She is a former President of the British Society of Animal Science, a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, as well as a former member of the UK Farm Animal Welfare Council and the Animal Health and Welfare Panel of the European Food Safety Agency.

Peltoniemi, O. A. T.: - "Professor Olli Peltoniemi is Professor of Domestic Animal Reproduction and Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He is also a board member of TINE, the Research Council of the University of Helsinki in 2014. He has been in charge of Helsinki One Health since its creation in 2017. His research interest include - reproductive health in all species and reproductive biology especially in the pig, cattle and dogs."

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