The Welfare of Pigs: A Seminar in the EEC Programme of Coordination of Research on Animal Welfare held in Brussels, November 25–26, 1980

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Behavioural and Reproductive Strategies in Wild Forms of Sus scrofa (European Wild Boar and Feral Pigs)....Pages 3-15
Influence of Fixation on the Behaviour of Sows....Pages 16-32
Physiology and Behaviour of Young Pigs in Relation to the Environment....Pages 33-45
Animal Welfare in Agriculture — A Challenge for the Ethology....Pages 46-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Can Physiological Criteria be Used to Assess Welfare in Pigs?....Pages 53-74
Parameters for Assessing Welfare, Ethological Criteria....Pages 75-94
Losses Due to Inheritance and Housing as Criteria for the Welfare of Pigs....Pages 95-111
The Development of A Blood Profile for Stress Assessment....Pages 112-131
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Observations on the Effects of Stocking Rate on the Performance of Gilts and Boars to Bacon Weight....Pages 141-151
Characteristics of Pig Fattening Systems Involving Partially Slatted Floors....Pages 152-170
Open Front Piggeries with and Without Straw....Pages 171-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Welfare of Piglets in Flatdeck-Cages....Pages 185-197
Animal Well-Being and Housing Systems for Piglets....Pages 198-209
Short Communication....Pages 210-210
Danish Studies on Behaviour of Early Weaned Piglets: Preliminary Results....Pages 211-225
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Exogenous Stimuli and Reproduction of the Sow....Pages 237-249
Some Aspects of Sow Health and Housing....Pages 250-266
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
The Impact of the Farrowing Pen on the Sow and Her Piglets....Pages 269-275
Welfare and The Housing of The Sow and Suckling Pigs....Pages 276-315
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Summing Up and Conclusions....Pages 325-329
Back Matter....Pages 331-334