Advances in Pig Welfare

Irene Camerlink Dr Irene Camerlink is a researcher in animal behaviour and welfare, with a focus on the social behaviour of pigs. She conducted her PhD at Wageningen University (Netherlands) and thereafter worked as postdoctoral researcher at SRUC (Edinburgh, UK) and Vetmeduni, Vienna (Austria) before taking a position as Associate Professor (Hab.) at the Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland. She has over 65 peer-reviewed publications and is Editor-in-chief of the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science. She is editor of the books 'Animal Welfare in Practice: Pigs' and ‘Bridging Research Disciplines to Advance Animal Welfare Science’. Throughout her career she has studied pig behaviour and welfare by combining multiple disciplines such as genetics, ethology, behavioural ecology and social sciences. Emma M. Baxter De Emma Baxter is Associate Professor at SRUC, Edinburgh specialising in animal behaviour and welfare, with over 20 years of research experience particularly related to integrated pig science. Her main interests include; neonatal survival, developing alternative farrowing and lactation systems, implementing uptake of high welfare systems and practices and mitigating the health and welfare impacts of selection for production traits such as hyper-prolificacy. She has over 40 peer-reviewed publications and six book chapters. She works closely with industry with all sectors of the supply chain, providing consultancy and specialising in outreach to translate research into practice.

Part One Introduction 1 Pigs’ needs and wants 2 Pain in pigs: Characterisation and indicators 3 Stress in pigs: History, assessment, and interpretation 4 Affective states and cognition in pigs 5 Positive welfare: What does it add to the debate over pig welfare? Part Two Pig welfare hotspots and mitigation 6 Overview of commercial pig production systems and their main welfare challenges 7 Mitigating hunger in pregnant sows 8 Sow longevity 9 Sow welfare in farrowing accommodation 10 Piglet mortality and morbidity: Inevitable or unacceptable? 11 Lifetime consequences of the early physical and social environment of piglets 12 Managing tail biting in pigs: Preventing risk factors or docking tails? 13 Gaining and maintaining interest: Recent advances in enrichment for pigs 14 Aggression in group-housed sows, weaners, and grower-finisher pigs 15 Transport of pigs to slaughter and associated handling 16 Slaughter of pigs Part Three Pig welfare management topics 17 On-farm and post-mortem health assessment 18 Pig-human interactions: Creating a positive perception of humans to ensure pig welfare 19 Breeding for pig welfare: Opportunities and challenges 20 Precision livestock farming and technology in pig husbandry 21 Pigs as laboratory animals Part Four Pig welfare from a global perspective 22 How much do people care about pig welfare, and how much will they pay for it? 23 Global developments in pig welfare: From legislation to market-driven change 24 The economics of pig welfare 000 25 Effects of climate change on pig welfare 26 Farmer attitudes towards pig welfare