Housing of Cull Sows in the Hours before Transport to the Abattoir—An Initial Description of Sow Behaviour While Waiting in a Transfer Vehicle
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Design
2.2. Procedures
2.3. Data Collection
2.4. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Clinical Condition of the Cull Sows
3.2. Temperature in the Transfer Vehicles
3.3. Provision of Resources in the Transfer Vehicles
3.4. Behaviour of the Sows during the Stay in the Transfer Vehicles
3.5. Correlations between Behaviour, Duration of Stay and Temperature in the Transfer Vehicles
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Obs. Date | Herd ID | Cull Sows | sow/m2 | Duration, min | Occurrence. Lying | Freq. Lying/min | Occurrence Aggression | Freq. Aggression/Min | Bedding | Roof on Vehicle | Water Available | Mean Temp., °C |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 January | 3 | 10 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.67 | Yes | Yes | No | |
28 January | 4 | 8 | 0.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.75 | Yes | No | No | |
2 February | 5 | 9 | 1.2 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 1.16 | No | No | No | |
9 March | 5 | 9 | 1.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.83 | No | No | No | 10.6 ± 0.8 |
13 April | 5 | 9 | 1.2 | 15 | 1 | 0.07 | 16 | 1.07 | No | No | No | |
2 July | 2 | 12 | 0.6 | 58 | 23 | 0.40 | 38 | 0.66 | . | No | No | 26.3 ± 1.2 |
8 July | 1 | 12 | 1.7 | 32 | 1 | 0.04 | 23 | 0.72 | No | No | No | 19.6 ± 0.4 |
19 August | 1 | 7 | 0.6 | 53 | 10 | 0.19 | 47 | 0.89 | No | No | No | 20.7 ± 0.5 |
2 September | 1 | 13 | 1.8 | 59 | 4 | 0.07 | 29 | 0.49 | No | No | No | 15.0 ± 0.8 |
16 September | 1 | 10 | 1.4 | 19 | 4 | 0.21 | 18 | 0.95 | No | No | No | 13.1 ± 1.2 |
14 December | 6 | 7 | 0.4 | 21 | 6 | 0.29 | 15 | 0.71 | . | Yes | No | 5.3 ± 0.3 |
Median | 9 | 1.2 | 21 | 1 | 0.07 | 18 | 0.75 |
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Herskin, M.S.; Fogsgaard, K.K.; Erichsen, D.; Bonnichsen, M.; Gaillard, C.; Thodberg, K. Housing of Cull Sows in the Hours before Transport to the Abattoir—An Initial Description of Sow Behaviour While Waiting in a Transfer Vehicle. Animals 2017, 7, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani7010001
Herskin MS, Fogsgaard KK, Erichsen D, Bonnichsen M, Gaillard C, Thodberg K. Housing of Cull Sows in the Hours before Transport to the Abattoir—An Initial Description of Sow Behaviour While Waiting in a Transfer Vehicle. Animals. 2017; 7(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani7010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleHerskin, Mette S., Katrine K. Fogsgaard, Ditte Erichsen, Mia Bonnichsen, Charlotte Gaillard, and Karen Thodberg. 2017. "Housing of Cull Sows in the Hours before Transport to the Abattoir—An Initial Description of Sow Behaviour While Waiting in a Transfer Vehicle" Animals 7, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani7010001