On Farm Monitoring of Pig Welfare provides a scientifically-based outline for how to evaluate the welfare of pigs at a farm level.

Attention is focused on:

• The assessment of the validation of the inferred indicators and parameters
• The validity, reliability and the feasibility of the measuring methods
• The on-farm monitoring of pig welfare useful in relation to the development of certification procedures
• The evaluation of production systems
• The analysis and solving of welfare related problems
• Development of new research projects

Contents

1. General introduction
2. Lying behaviour (location, posture and duration)
3. Lying down and standing up behaviour
4. Fear of humans
5. Stereotypies
6. Apathy
7. Agonistic behaviour
8. Tail biting, ear biting and cannibalism
9. Vulva biting
10. Surgical interventions
11. Bursitis
12. Skin lesions
13. Lameness
14. Mortality
15. Illness status
16. Reproduction problems
17. Body condition score
18. Cleanliness
19. Space allowance
20. Quality, type and amount of bedding
21. Floor type
22. Recreational devices
23. Environmental temperature
24. Other environmental parameters
25. Quality of stockpersonship
26. Remote monitoring
27. Welfare parameters related to welfare needs
28. Guidelines to develop a monitoring tool for on farm application

Index

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