Judgement bias testing in group-housed gestating sows

Volume: 159, Pages: 86 - 92
Published: Feb 1, 2019
Abstract
Societal concerns about animal welfare have triggered the movement of gestating sows from individual stalls to group housing in many countries. Common methods of assessing sow welfare focus on overt physical ailments, and potentially neglect psychological stressors. A judgement bias task may allow researchers to evaluate an animal's subjective mental or affective state to provide a more comprehensive welfare assessment. Thus, group housed sows...
Paper Details
Title
Judgement bias testing in group-housed gestating sows
Published Date
Feb 1, 2019
Volume
159
Pages
86 - 92
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