Environmental enrichment as positive welfare of pigs: a review

被引：17

作者：

de Assis Maia, Ana Paula ^{[1
]}

Sarubbi, Juliana ^{[2
]}

Lemos Medeiros, Brenda Batista ^{[1
]}

de Moura, Daniella Jorge ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] FEAGRI UNICAMP, Fac Engn Agr, Campinas, SP, Brazil

[2] CESNORS UFSM, Dept Zootecnia & Ciencias Biol, Palmeira Das Missoes, RS, Brazil

来源：

REVISTA ELETRONICA EM GESTAO EDUCACAO E TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTAL | 2013年 / 14卷 / 14期

关键词：

animal behavior; toys; stress; swine production;

D O I：

10.5902/2236117010746

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The competitiveness of Brazilian pig production in the world market depends on their adaptation to global trends and technologies. Animal welfare as a requirement of international markets has generated discussion and questions about the current Brazilian pig farming. The intensive pig farming raises the most serious welfare concerns once it is surrounded by stress factors. Thus, environmental enrichment plays an important role as a simple and effective tool that can ensure the welfare of captive animal. Enrich an environment enhance the physical and psychological health by providing environmental stimuli necessary for encouraging the expression of natural inherent behaviors. Several stimuli which incite an animal ' s interest in a positive way can be used to enrich the housing systems, such as offering toys and substrate. This paper reviews the literature concerning environmental enrichment for pigs' welfare and some methods to enrich the pig housing system.

引用

页码：2862 / 2877

页数：16

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