Advances in pig welfare

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Pig Welfare Hot Spots --
1. Overview of commercial pig production systems and their main welfare challenges / Lene Juul Pedersen --
1.1. Introduction --
1.2. Production cycle of pigs --
1.3. Housing systems and EU welfare regulation --
1.4. Welfare challenges and possible improvements --
1.5. Conclusions and future development --
References --
2. Sow welfare in the farrowing crate and alternatives / Sandra A. Edwards --
2.1. Introduction --
2.2. Ecology of sow reproduction --
2.3. Genetic ìmprovement' and its implications --
2.4. Biology --
building interface --
2.5. Biology --
management interface --
2.6. Conclusions and future trends --
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References --
3. Piglet mortality and morbidity: inevitable or unacceptable? / Sandra A. Edwards --
3.1. Introduction --
3.2. Mortality and welfare --
3.3. Mortality patterns and trends --
3.4. Interventions to reduce mortality and their implications --
3.5. Conclusions and future trends --
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References --
4. Lifetime consequences of the early physical and social environment of piglets / Sandra A. Edwards --
4.1. Introduction --
4.2. Influences of the physical environment --
4.3. Influences of the social environment --
4.4. Interactions of the physical and social environment --
4.5. Conclusions and future issues --
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References --
5. Tail biting / Anna Valros --
5.1. Introduction --
5.2. What motivates tail biting? --
5.3. Risk factors for tail biting: the pig --
5.4. Risk factors for tail biting: the environment --
5.5. Early identification of tail biting --
5.6. Handling tail biting outbreaks --
5.7. Consequences of tail biting --
5.8. Consequences of tail docking --
5.9. Conclusions and future perspectives --
Acknowledgements --
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References --
6. Chains as proper enrichment for intensively-farmed pigs? / Marc B.M. Bracke --
6.1. EC Directive --
6.2. RICHPIG --
6.3. Communication --
6.4. On-farm observations --
6.5. Animal --
material interaction sensors --
6.6. What is proper enrichment for intensively-farmed pigs in the short term? --
6.7. Intelligent natural design --
Acknowledgements --
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References --
7. Mitigating hunger in pregnant sows / Jos Houdijk --
7.1. Development of dry sow feeding and housing --
7.2. Concern over dry sow welfare --
7.3. basic model of the control of feeding behaviour --
7.4. Reducing hunger/improving satiety in dry sows by changing the diet to include more dietary fibre --
7.5. Different types of dietary fibre --
7.6. Behavioural and physiological changes seen in sows given high fibre diets --
7.7. Does dietary fibre increase satiety and improve welfare in dry sows? --
7.8. Does access to foraging substrates improve welfare in sows? --
7.9. Fibre in typical industry diets --
7.10. Sow diet effects on social behaviour --
7.11. Sow diet effects on gut health --
7.12. Number and timing of meals --
7.13. impact of sow diet and feeding methods on the piglets --
7.14. Environmental impacts of fibre diets for sows --
7.15. Future trends --
7.16. Overall summary/conclusions --
Acknowledgements --
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References --
8. Aggression in group housed sows and fattening pigs / Jean-Loup Rault --
8.1. Introduction --
8.2. Aggression and the dominance hierarchy --
8.3. Aggression in commercial farms --
8.4. Factors that affect sow aggression --
8.5. Factors that affect aggression in the weaner and fattening pig --
8.6. Conclusions --
8.7. Future trends --
Abbreviation --
References --
9. Transport of pigs to slaughter and associated handling / Sebastien Goumon --
9.1. Introduction --
9.2. On-farm and loading --
9.3. Transport and unloading --
9.4. Conclusions and future trends --
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References --
10. Slaughter of pigs / Antoni Dalmau --
10.1. Introduction --
10.2. Lairage --
10.3. Moving to the stunning area --
10.4. Bleeding --
10.5. Stunning --
10.6. Stunning methods --
10.7. Monitoring welfare at the slaughterhouse according to Welfare Quality --
10.8. Depopulation killing methods --
10.9. Training in animal welfare at slaughter --
10.10. Slaughter welfare legislation and codes --
10.11. Future trends --
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References --
pt. II Pig Welfare Emerging Topics --
11. Pain in pigs: Characterisation, mechanisms and indicators / Pierpaolo Di Giminiani --
11.1. Introduction --
11.2. Definition of pain --
11.3. Pain terminology --
11.4. Chronic pain --
11.5. Anatomy and physiology of the pig pain system --
11.6. Indicators of pain in pigs --
11.7. Conclusions/Future trends --
References --
12. On-farm and post-mortem health assessment / Xavier Manteca --
12.1. Health and welfare --
12.2. Welfare assessment: environment-based vs animal-based measures --
12.3. On-farm assessment of health --
12.4. Assessment of health at the abattoir --
12.5. Future trends --
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References --
13. Pig --
human interactions: Creating a positive perception of humans to ensure pig welfare / Joop Lensink --
13.1. Introduction: importance of good stockmanship --
13.2. Sensory channels in pig --
human interactions --
13.3. Perception of humans by pigs --
13.4. Consequences of negative and positive human --
pig relationship --
13.5. Potential ways of improving the human --
pig relationship --
13.6. Conclusion --
References --
14. Breeding for pig welfare: Opportunities and challenges / Rainer Roehe --
14.1. Introduction --
14.2. Genetic interactions between production and welfare traits --
14.3. State of the art in breeding for improved pig welfare --
14.4. Barriers to breeding for pig welfare --
14.5. role of modern breeding tools in overcoming barriers to selection --
14.6. Conclusions and future trends --
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References --
15. Positive welfare: What does it add to the debate over pig welfare? / Marek Spinka --
15.1. Introduction --
15.2. Origins of ̀positive animal welfare' --
15.3. Measuring positive welfare in pigs through behavioural indicators --
15.4. Positive pig welfare in the real world --
15.5. What does positive welfare add to the debate over pig welfare? --
15.6. Conclusions and future developments --
Acknowledgements --
Abbreviations --
References --
16. Pigs as laboratory animals / Mette S. Herskin --
16.1. Introduction --
16.2. Monitoring of laboratory pig welfare --
16.3. Welfare and housing --
16.4. Welfare and feeding --
16.5. Welfare and human --
animal interaction --
16.6. Management and alleviation of pain and discomfort --
16.7. Future trends and conclusions.