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Defining “Approachability” of Nursery Pigs

Published: July 9, 2012
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Summary and Implications The objective of this experiment was to compare two approachability definitions of nursery pigs to a human observer in their home pen using a digital image. A total of 79 pens in two rooms (40 in room 1 and 39 in room 2) were used. A total of 1,817, ~6 wk old mixed sexed nursery pigs, weighing ~25.4 kg were used. Two definitions for pigs reacting to a human in their h...
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Anna Johnson
Iowa State University
Iowa State University
Kenneth Stalder
Iowa State University
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Don Lidster
DNL Farms Ltd.
9 de julio de 2012
I can believe that pigs in the picture are 6 weeks old. Did you check the accuracy of your scale? How do you suppose changing pen size or changing age and size of pigs within a given space would affect results? Did you check for changes in response to different handlers - could be a huge factor for onfarm assessments.
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