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Abstract Piglets commonly undergo a set of invasive procedures, which may include surgical castration, tail docking and teeth clipping. These procedures potentially result in pain and stress, which may negatively affect the animals’ health, welfare and production. Our objective was to examine welfare and production parameters of pigs from birth to slaughter. Litters (n = 32 sows; 329 piglets; 3 days after farrowing) were allocated randomly into 4 groups; G1: Surgical castration, tail docking and teeth clipping, without environmental enrichment; G2: same as G1, but meaningful environmental enrichment was provided; G3: Immunocastration (Improvac®), tail docking, teeth clipping, with environmental enrichment; G4: none of the invasive procedures were performed, piglet were vaccinated (Improvac®), and environmental enrichment was provided. Mixed-effects Linear Regression model revealed that standardized slaughter weight significantly increased when invasive procedures were avoided and environmental enrichment was provided (G1: 99.2±1.07, G2: 99.9±1.4, G3: 103.6±.1.58, G4: 106.5±1.6 Kg; P < 0.05). The odds ratio to be weak, dead or injured in the conventional, non-enriched G1, was 89% hi

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Author

Liat Morgan; Beata Itina-Swartz; Lee Koren; Jerrold Meyer; Tal Raz

Publisher

American Society of Animal Science; Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press (OUP) (ISSN 0021-8812)

Published

2019

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)