Effects of Positive Human Contact during Gestation on the Behaviour, Physiology and Reproductive Performance of Sows

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Stress can compromise animal welfare and impact the productivity of farm animals. In intensive production systems where close interactions between stockpeople and animals occur regularly, human contact of a positive nature may facilitate stress resilience. This experiment studied the...

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Published in:Animals (Basel)
Main Authors: Hayes, Megan E., Hemsworth, Lauren M., Morrison, Rebecca S., Butler, Kym L., Rice, Maxine, Rault, Jean-Loup, Hemsworth, Paul H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7830568/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33467148
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11010214
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