Indian Journal of Animal Research, volume 42 issue 1 (march 2008) : 17-22

STRESS ASSESSMENT OF PIGLETS UTILISING BEHAVIOUR TOOLS UNDER DIFFERENT MANAGEMENTAL PRACTICES*

N. Geetha, Francis Xavier, Leena Anil

Affiliations

¹College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissur, Kerala-680 651, India

Submitted|
First Online |
doi

Cite article:- Geetha N., Xavier Francis, Anil Leena (2025). STRESS ASSESSMENT OF PIGLETS UTILISING BEHAVIOUR TOOLS UNDER DIFFERENT MANAGEMENTAL PRACTICES*. Indian Journal of Animal Research. 42(1): 17-22. doi: .

ABSTRACT

Stress in piglets undergoing routine surgical procedures related to managemental practices was
assessed in the present study. Sixty male piglets formed ten treatments with six replicates. Treatments
undertaken were ear notching, handling for ear notching, castration, sham castration (restrained
identically but not castrated), combined handling and performance of ear notching and castration.
Behaviour was observed during four different time frames viz: 30 minutes before the treatment,
during the treatment, 30 minutes after the treatment and 24 hours after the treatment respectively.
In one-week-old piglets, though the stress related behavioural scores due to ear notching was higher
during the procedure, the scores got decreased after 30 minutes and 24 hours of ear notching. The
scores were intermediate in the combined performance of ear notching and castration compared to
individual performance at one week. Castrates at eight weeks showed fewer stress related behaviours
than the castrates at one week of age.

KEYWORDS

REFERENCES

Bataille, G. et al. (2002). CABI. Abstr. 72: 6404
Ewing, S.A. et al. (1999). Farm Animal Well-being. Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, USA, p.357
Hay, M. et al. (2003). Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 82: 201-218
Houpt, K.A. (1998). Domestic Animal Behaviour for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists. 3rd ed. Iowa State University Press, Ames, USA, p. 495
Martin, P. and Bateson, P. (1988). Measuring Behaviour : An Introductory Guide. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, USA, p.193
Ranga, M.M. (2002). Animal Behaviour. 2nd ed. Agrobios, Jodhpur, India. p. 260
Siegel, S. and Castellan, Jr. N. J. (1988). Non-parametric Statistics for the Behavioural Sciences. 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill Book Company, Singapore, p.399
Thornton, P.D. and Pearson, W.A.E. (2002). Animal Welfare. 11: 203-212
Van, E. et al. (2002). Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 75: 293-305
Wemelsfelder, F. et al. (2000). Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 67: 193-215.

Disclaimer :

All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.

Copyright :

This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

STRESS ASSESSMENT OF PIGLETS UTILISING BEHAVIOUR TOOLS UNDER DIFFERENT MANAGEMENTAL PRACTICES*

ABSTRACT

KEYWORDS

REFERENCES

Reviewed By

In this Article

APC

Publish With US

Become a Reviewer/Member

Open Access

Products and Services

Support and Policies

Editorial Board