Advances in Pig Welfare

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Advances in Pig Welfare, Second Edition continues its complete coverage of key areas of pig welfare assessment, management and improvement. The book covers both recent developments and reviews of historical welfare issues, with 12 new chapters addressing the most relevant and significant issues from a global perspective. Sections review the needs of pigs, including chapters on the physical environment and the social and emotional needs of the animals, key welfare issues in the pig s lifecycle from birth to slaughter, including weaning, aggression and pig-human interactions, and emerging topics such as prenatal stress, individual differences and organic farming.

Final sections cover pig welfare and attitudes towards pig welfare amongst farmers and other stakeholders. Written by an international team of leaders in the field, the book continues to be a useful resource for practicing vets involved in welfare assessment, welfare research scientists and students, and indeed anyone with a professional interest in the welfare of pigs.

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Part One: Introduction 1. Pigs and their needs 2. Pain in pigs: Characterisation, mechanisms and indicators 3. Stress in pigs 4. Pig cognition and emotions 5. Positive welfare

Part Two: Pig Welfare Hotspots and mitigation 6. Overview of commercial pig production systems and their main welfare challenges A. Hotspots in sows 7. Mitigating hunger in pregnant sows 8. Sow welfare in confinement and alternatives 9. Sow longevity B. Hotspots in piglets 10. Lifetime consequences of the early physical and social environment of piglets 11. Piglet mortality and morbidity: inevitable or unacceptable? 12. Painful procedures C. Hotspots in growing pigs 13. Tail biting 14. Chains as proper enrichment for intensively-farmed pigs? D. Hotspots across the production cycle 15. Aggression in group housed sows and fattening pigs 16. Transport of pigs to slaughter and associated handling 17. Slaughter of pigs

Part Three: Pig Welfare Management Topics 18. On-farm and post-mortem health assessment 19. Pig-human interactions: Creating a positive perception of humans to ensure pig welfare 20. Breeding for pig welfare; opportunities and challenges 21. Precision Livestock Farming and technology in pig husbandry 22. Nutrition and the role of the gut microbiome 23. Pigs as laboratory animals

Part Four: Pig Welfare from a Global Perspective 24. Global developments in pig welfare: from legislation to market-driven change 25. The economics of pig welfare 26. Pig husbandry and the environment: adapting to climate change 27. Pig welfare and society 28. Farmer attitudes towards pig welfare