Question

Daily JW, JJ McGlone. 1997. Oral/nasal/facial and other behaviors of sows kept individually outdoors on pasture, soil, or indoors in gestation crates.

Answer 1

Oral/nasal/facial and other behaviors of sows kept individually outdoors on pasture, soil, or indoors in gestation crates are administered Individually in PIC Camborough-15 sows.

What is gestation crates all about?

• Individually housed PIC Camborough-15 sows were observed in three different housing environments: pasture, earth, and gestation boxes. Every day, 2.0 kg of fortified sorghum-soybean diet was given to all sows.
• Two groups of gestation crates. sows were created: those fed meal and those fed pellets. Outdoor sows were given pellets, as is typical for sows on grassland and in the soil.
• There were eight sows per treatment. For a period of 24 hours, observers used a scan approach to record the occurrences of standing, lying, sitting, eating, drinking, and manipulating the environment with the mouth, nose, and face.
• The following oral, nasal, and facial habits were observed for gestation crates. chewing grass, biting fences and bars, biting rocks and soil, and rooting the ground or trough. During the 24 hour period, sows in each treatment group exhibited statistically identical frequency of all oral, nasal, and facial activities.

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