1991
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(91)90135-k
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Effect of straw on the behaviour of growing pigs

Abstract: The effects of straw on the behaviour of young growing pigs were studied in two experiments. In Experiment 1, group of three pigs, aged about 7 weeks, were housed in raised decks with or without straw bedding. Time-lapse video recording showed no major differences between treatments in the amount or daily pattern of overall activity and feeding. Detailed observations showed that bedding reduced the incidence of rooting and chewing on pen-mates, but had little effect on other social activities such as mounting … Show more

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“…The poor sanitary conditions and the individually housed conditions may be related to a stressful environment, promoting redirected behaviours. Moreover, the housing in pens has been reported to result in a redirection of the exploratory behaviour towards the pen in individually housed piglets, or towards penmates in grouphoused piglets (Fraser et al, 1991).…”
Section: Responses Of Pigs To the Degradation Of Sanitary Conditionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The poor sanitary conditions and the individually housed conditions may be related to a stressful environment, promoting redirected behaviours. Moreover, the housing in pens has been reported to result in a redirection of the exploratory behaviour towards the pen in individually housed piglets, or towards penmates in grouphoused piglets (Fraser et al, 1991).…”
Section: Responses Of Pigs To the Degradation Of Sanitary Conditionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Enrichment of an otherwise poor environment with bedding material is believed to be a useful tool to limit stress in pigs. Straw provides several beneficial aspects due to use as a recreational stimulus, a nutritional substrate, bedding and insulation (Fraser et al, 1991).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Wood-Gush and Beilharz, 1983;Schouten, 1986;Beattie et al, 1995) and harmful social activities (Fraser et al, 1991;Arey, 1993;Beattie et al, 1995). Physiological indicators of environmental stress in pigs have, however, received relatively little attention.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Environmental enrichment by providing 'rooting material', such as -E-mail: Liesbeth.Bolhuis@wur.nl straw bedding, strongly influences behaviour of pigs. Straw serves as an outlet for the motivation to perform foraging behaviours, such as chewing, rooting and digging, and in this way profoundly improves welfare (Fraser et al, 1991;Beattie et al, 1995;Tuyttens, 2005). The effects of straw bedding on energy partitioning in group-housed, growing pigs have not been studied so far.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Straw bedding could affect energy partitioning in different ways. Besides the influence of straw intake on energy utilisation, straw bedding may increase energy expenditure on activity, because pigs supplied with rooting material are generally more active than barren-housed pigs (Fraser et al, 1991;Beattie et al, 1995;Bolhuis et al, 2006). It is unknown whether and how these effects of straw bedding on activity and energy partitioning of pigs interact with the effects of dietary fermentable carbohydrates.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%