Title |
Aggression and cortisol levels in three different group housing routines for lactating sows
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Published in |
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, February 2015
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DOI | 10.1186/s13028-015-0101-7 |
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Authors |
Ola Thomsson, Ann-Sofi Bergqvist, Ylva Sjunnesson, Lena Eliasson-Selling, Nils Lundeheim, Ulf Magnusson |
Abstract |
Lactating sows in Swedish organic piglet production are commonly group-housed with piglets in a multi-suckling pen within 14 days after farrowing. Nursing behaviour may be disturbed when lactating sows are moved to a new environment and mixed with other sows, as they spend more time fighting with other sows and exploring the new surroundings. This can disrupt the inhibitory effect of suckling on ovarian activity and increase the risk of lactational oestrus, making efficient reproductive management difficult. Therefore this study evaluated aggression and levels of the stress hormone cortisol in lactating sows group-housed together with their piglets at one (W1), two (W2) or three (W3) weeks post farrowing. |
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