Reliability of Fear Assessment in Growing Pigs Exposed to a Novel Object Test in Commercial Conditions. Issue 3 (3rd July 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Reliability of Fear Assessment in Growing Pigs Exposed to a Novel Object Test in Commercial Conditions. Issue 3 (3rd July 2017)
- Main Title:
- Reliability of Fear Assessment in Growing Pigs Exposed to a Novel Object Test in Commercial Conditions
- Authors:
- Dalmau, Antoni
Mainau, Eva
Velarde, Antonio - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to assess the reliability and feasibility of a novel object test assessing fear in pigs in commercial conditions. A total of 18 commercial farms were visited, and 321 pens housing 4, 220 growing pigs were assessed. Three balloons were used as a novel stimulus. Measures were (a) the time it took for the first pig to contact 1 of the balloons, (b) percentage of nonhuman animals watching the balloons each for 10 s, and (c) percentage of animals touching the balloons during periods of 5 s. The time of the first pig to contact 1 of the balloons ranged from 0 s to 362 s. An effect of the farm was found ( p < .0001) for contact latency, ranging from 6.8 s to 73.3 s, but little difference was found in terms of intrafarm variability. Interobserver repeatability was also high in this measure, ranging from r = .74 to r = .96. As a result, it is concluded that contact latency could be a good measure to assess fear of a novel stimulus in commercial farms.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of applied animal welfare science. Volume 20:Issue 3(2017)
- Journal:
- Journal of applied animal welfare science
- Issue:
- Volume 20:Issue 3(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 20, Issue 3 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 20
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0020-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 280
- Page End:
- 288
- Publication Date:
- 2017-07-03
- Subjects:
- Commercial farms -- fear -- novel object test -- pigs -- reliability
Laboratory animals -- Periodicals
Animal welfare -- Periodicals
636.0832 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/haaw20/current ↗
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http://firstsearch.oclc.org ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/10888705.2017.1310043 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1088-8705
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