Comprehensive evaluation of well-being in pigs: Environmental enrichment and pen space allowance

An experiment was conducted to provide comparative scientific evidence for the well-being or ill-being of pigs while residing in different environments under intensive housing conditions. Four categories of indices--viz., productivity, including growth and feed-efficiency performance and health; physiology; immunology; and behavior were used for assessing the well-being of the animals involved. Productive, health, physiologic, immunophysiologic, and behavioral traits related to indicators of well-being were measured in 512 growing-finishing pigs in a 2 x 2 factorial experiment, the two factors being environmental enrichment and pen size.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Animal Sciences

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Pedersen, Bjarne Kornbek

Contributors dc:contributor

• Curtis, Stanley E.

• Agriculture, Animal Culture and Nutrition

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1992 Pedersen, Bjarne Kornbek

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9236566
(UMI)AAI9236566

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21541