All Outputs (3)

Effect of manipulandum design on operant responding in pigs (1994)
Journal Article
Young, R., Macleod, H., & Lawrence, A. (1994). Effect of manipulandum design on operant responding in pigs. Animal Behaviour, 47(6), 1488-1490. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1994.1202

The effect of a foraging device (The ‘Edinburgh Foodball’) on the behaviour of pigs (1994)
Journal Article
Young, R., Carruthers, J., & Lawrence, A. (1994). The effect of a foraging device (The ‘Edinburgh Foodball’) on the behaviour of pigs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 39(3-4), 237-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1591%2894%2990159-7

Sows housed under conditions of food and physical restriction often perform behaviours indicative of poor welfare (e.g. repetitive chain chewing), one cause of which may be the inability of sows to express foraging behaviour under confined conditions... Read More about The effect of a foraging device (The ‘Edinburgh Foodball’) on the behaviour of pigs.

Feeding behaviour of pigs in groups monitored by a computerized feeding system (1994)
Journal Article
Young, R., & Lawrence, A. (1994). Feeding behaviour of pigs in groups monitored by a computerized feeding system. Animal Science, 58(1), 145-152. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003356100007182

Electronic feeding systems for progeny testing pigs, allow selection to occur under conditions found on commercial farms. This paper reports on the feeding behaviour of six groups of 10 pigs, balanced for sex and initial body weight (mean starting an... Read More about Feeding behaviour of pigs in groups monitored by a computerized feeding system.