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dc.contributor.authorRosvold, Ellen Marie
dc.contributor.authorNewberry, Ruth C.
dc.contributor.authorFramstad, Tore
dc.contributor.authorAndersen, Inger Lise
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-29T12:30:51Z
dc.date.available2018-05-29T12:30:51Z
dc.date.created2018-01-24T15:07:42Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationRosvold, E. M., Newberry, R. C., Framstad, T. & Andersen, I. L. (2017). Nest-building behaviour and activity budgets of sows provided with different materials. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 200, 36-44. doi:nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn0168-1591
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2499622
dc.descriptionAuthor's accepted version (post-print).nb_NO
dc.descriptionAvailable from 09/12/2018.
dc.description.abstractDomestic sows are still highly motivated to build a nest before farrowing. Many pig houses have slurry systems that do not allow use of long straw or other bulky materials that could block the drains, which provides an incentive to investigate the functionality of finer-grained materials for nest building. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of providing peat or straw on the overall amount of nest-building behaviour, number of different behavioural elements performed during nest building, and behavioural time budget of sows in the nesting period before farrowing. Fifty-four hybrid sows (Norwegian Landrace x Yorkshire) ranging in parity from 1 to 9 (mean ± S.E., 2.9 ± 2.0), of which 16 were gilts, were loose-housed in individual farrowing pens. From two days before expected farrowing until farrowing the sows received nest-building material, with refills if necessary: peat (4 kg, 2 kg refills, n = 18), straw (2 kg, 1 kg refills, n = 17), or served as controls (n = 16). Behaviour in the last 12 h before onset of farrowing was instantaneously scan sampled at 5-min intervals from video recordings of each sow. Sows provided with straw or peat engaged in nest-building behaviour in a higher proportion of scans compared to the sows in the control group (P < 0.001), and the sows in the straw group displayed the highest number of nest-building elements (P < 0.001). Sows in the straw group also lied more (P < 0.001) and performed less stereotypic behaviour (P < 0.001) than sows in the other two groups. Overall, total nest-building behaviour increased to a peak at 6–4 h before farrowing and declined in the final three hours (P < 0.001). The number of different nest-building elements followed the same pattern (P = 0.032). Sows of parity ≥4 (n = 16) exhibited more nest-building behaviour compared to gilts and sows of parity 2–3 (P < 0.001). Our results demonstrate that both straw and peat stimulated more nest building compared to the control condition. However, straw elicited more complex nest-building behaviour, increased lying time and reduced time spent on stereotypies in the 12 h before farrowing, suggesting that straw has a better function as nest-building material than peat.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherElseviernb_NO
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectEthologynb_NO
dc.subjectAnimal welfarenb_NO
dc.subjectAnimal husbandrynb_NO
dc.titleNest-building behaviour and activity budgets of sows provided with different materialsnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionnb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480nb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber36-44nb_NO
dc.source.volume200nb_NO
dc.source.journalApplied Animal Behaviour Sciencenb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.applanim.2017.12.003
dc.identifier.cristin1551138
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 207804nb_NO


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