Nest building materials for sows during farrowing - Short review

Nest building materials for sows during farrowing - Short review

This review gives an overview of the motivation behind nest building behaviour of sows and its behavioural elements. The review also describes how lack of ability to nest build influences maternal behaviour and sow and piglet welfare. Finally, it describes which materials can be provided for nest bu...

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Hauptverfasser: Pedersen, Lene Juul, Hoofs, Anita, Schubbert, Antje
Format: Report
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
animal welfare
crates
EURCAW-Pigs
free farrowing
inspections
nest building
Official controls
pigs
sows
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Zusammenfassung:This review gives an overview of the motivation behind nest building behaviour of sows and its behavioural elements. The review also describes how lack of ability to nest build influences maternal behaviour and sow and piglet welfare. Finally, it describes which materials can be provided for nest building when sows are kept confined in crates or zero confinement systems. 
DOI:10.5281/zenodo.12679799