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"Prenatal stress from lameness in pregnant sows modifies the behavioural and physiological responses of their offspring" by Sarmiento et al.
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#prenatalstress #sowwelfare #pigbehaviour

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"A novel approach for encouraging prepartum nest-building behaviour in crated sows: Its effects on farrowing characteristics" by Chung et al.
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#farrowing #sowwelfare #prepartumbehaviour

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"Welfare implications of non-nutritive visits to an electronic feeder by pregnant gilts" by Lagoda et al. Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/Papers_by_Me...

#electronicfeeder #sowwelfare #pigbehaviour