Behaviors and body weight of suckling piglets in different social environments

• Published in: Animal bioscience Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 902 - 906
• Main Authors: Hong, Joon-Ki, Kim, Ki-Hyun, Hwang, Hyun-Su, Lee, Jae-Kang, Eom, Tae-Kyung, Rhim, Shin-Jae
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Asian - Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 01.06.2017; Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies (AAAP) and Korean Society of Animal Science and Technology (KSAST); Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies; 아세아·태평양축산학회
• Subjects: Animal housing; Animal social behavior; Behavior; Farrowing Crate; Mixing Suckling Piglets; Social aspects; Swine; Video Technology in Animal Welfare; 축산학; South Korea; Mixing Suckling Piglets; Video Technology in Animal Welfare; Swine; Farrowing Crate

This study was conducted to characterize the behaviors and the body weight of suckling piglets in different social environments. Two groups of sows and suckling piglets housed either in individual farrowing crates in separate pens (1.8×2.4 m, the control group) or in groups of three sows with their...