Changes in blood constituents of swine transported for 8 or 16h to an Abattoir

Becerril-Herrera, M.; Alonso-Spilsbury, M.; Ortega, María Elena Trujillo; Guerrero‐Legarreta, Isabel; Ramírez-Necoechea, R.; Roldán-Santiago, P.; Pérez-Sato, Marcos; Soní-Guillermo, Eutiquio; Mota-Rojas, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.meatsci.2010.07.021

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“…Blood parameters Earlier work (Knowles and Warriss, 2007;Averós et al, 2009;Calà et al, 2009), has indicated that transport stress can cause increased levels of cortisol (during short journeys; Averós et al, 2007) and glucose (Becerill-Herrera et al, 2010). No significant changes in blood values related to stress were found.…”

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“…Pigs, in particular, are highly sensitive to travelling conditions, but capable of adapting to new situations (Becerill-Herrera et al, 2010). In the 3 h before transportation, body temperatures were higher than at any time during vehicle movement.…”

Section: Physiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An animals' response to transport conditions is both physiological and behavioural. Although pigs are highly sensitive to travelling conditions, they are capable of adapting to new situations (Becerill-Herrera et al, 2010). Increased cortisol levels coinciding with reductions in ascorbic acid may indicate physiological stress (Warriss, 1998).…”

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The effect of reduced loading density on pig welfare during long distance transport

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Transport of animals is a stressful procedure often resulting in significant losses for the slaughter plant. This study aimed to determine whether or not pigs would benefit from a loading density (low density (LD)) (179 kg/m 2 ) below the normal EU standard loading density (normal density (ND)) (235 kg/m 2 ). Eight similar, 550-km-long road journeys, were followed in which fattening pigs were transported across Germany from farm to slaughter plant. During each journey all pigs were transported at LD (n = 4) or ND (n = 4). Twelve female pigs per journey (total n = 96) were randomly selected for measurement and monitoring of body temperature, behaviour, heart rate and blood parameters. Throughout the journeys, LD pigs displayed more resting behaviour than ND pigs. Average body temperature was lower (P < 0.05) for pigs transported at LD (38.0 ± 0.07°C) than those transported at ND (38.3 ± 0.06°C). During loading heart rate increased in both ND and LD pigs and declined after the vehicle had been closed before departure but remained slightly elevated in ND pigs. Pigs transported at ND displayed signs of stress (elevated HR and body temperatures) during the drivers' break. Blood parameters were only slightly (not significant) effected by loading density. Results indicate that pigs are more capable of adapting to long (550 km) transport conditions when loaded at a density below the present EU requirement.

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The effect of reduced loading density on pig welfare during long distance transport

Gerritzen

Hindle

Steinkamp

et al. 2013

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“…Observing pigs during transportation process is an opportunity to reduce losses, because according to TEMPLE et al (2011) SUTHERLAND et al (2012) found the loss of liveweight at extreme temperatures; high density or inadequate practices followed by long duration transport affect pig's physiology. Pigs travelled for 8 and 16 h presented acidosis, hypocapnia, hypoxemia, hypernatremia, hypercalcemia, higher than normal glucose and increased lactacidemia and hematocrit levels (BECERRIL-HERRERA et al, 2010). In the present study, the total average liveweight loss during transportation was 196.16 tons for the analyzed periods, which represents about 39.23 tons per month or even an estimated 470.78 tons per year.…”

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“…Multifactorial issues related to management, fasting, boarding, drivers' behavior, and transportation, might interfere in pigs' pre-slaughter losses (FITZGERALD et al 2009;RITTER et al, 2009;BECERRIL-HERRERA et al, 2010;OCHOVE et al, 2010;MARAHRENS et al, 2011). Several variables have been used to assess animal welfare during transportation that has a broad range of effects on pig's physiology.…”

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Effect of Transportation Distance on Weight Losses in Pigs From Dehydration

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ABSTRACT:The increasing of global demand for food has required more efficiency in the production process. Transportation represents a source of body dehydration for pigs transported from farm to slaughterhouses. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the distances on the body dehydration of pigs transported to slaughter in tropical conditions. We analyzed 350 pigs shipments with a total of 68,588 heads using statistical software SAS by anova, means and corr procedures. The results showed a liveweight loss estimated at 12% which was increased gradually as the distance increased as pigs were deprived of water for a long time. The most cost-effective distance for the pigs' transportation under tropical condition is within the range below 100 km, where there were not detected weight losses (p < 0.05).

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