Effects of early play experience on play behaviour of piglets after weaning

By T. M. Donaldson, R. C. Newberry, M. Špinka, Sylvie Cloutier. 2002

130 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Small Animals, Social Psychology

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How researchers see this paper

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Rick B. D'Eath
2. M. Špinka
3. S. Held

In Small Animals

1. F. J. Staay
2. R. Nordquist
3. E. Murphy
4. Jessica E. Martin
5. Emma M. Baxter
6. S. Ison
7. S. Held
8. M. Špinka

In Social Psychology

1. F. J. Staay
2. R. Nordquist
3. E. Murphy
4. M. Špinka
5. Jessica E. Martin
6. Emma M. Baxter
7. S. Ison
8. S. Held

Citations in the corpus

• Socialising piglets before weaning improves social hierarchy formation when pigs are mixed post-weaning (2005, background): “, 1999) or playful (Petersen et al., 1989; Donaldson et al., 2002), piglets in the present study performed aggressive behaviour that did not appear playful in nature and caused skin lesions (as found by Wattanakul et al.”
• Play behaviour in dairy calves is reduced by weaning and by a low energy intake (2010, unknown): “Play may have long-term physical and social benefits, and it could help to mitigate the negative effects of stressful experiences such as weaning (Donaldson et al., 2002).”
• A review of behavioural methods to study emotion and mood in pigs, Sus scrofa (2014, methodology): “Douglas et al. (2012) trained gilts in a Go/NoGo style task using auditory cues where the positive cue signalled a reward for a Go response, while following a negative cue a Go response resulted in an aversive event (shaking of a plastic bag).”
• Animal play and animal welfare (2011, background): “…social play, and also nonsocial play in other species, increasingly suggest that play may indeed equip animals with the general-purpose competencies and resilience outlined above (Donaldson et al. 2002; Von Frijtag et al. 2002; Fagen & Fagen 2004; Dudink et al. 2006; see also Pellis & Pellis 2009).”
• The effect of pre-weaning housing on the play and agonistic behaviour of domestic pigs (2007, background): “On the other hand, it has been reported that housing piglets together with piglets from other litters or giving temporary access to a new environment are much more effective in terms of stimulating play behaviour (Donaldson et al., 2002).”
• The influence of neonatal environment on piglet play behaviour and post-weaning social and cognitive development (2015, methodology): “Research also shows that pig play behaviour extends across all play behaviour categories; locomotor, social and object, and that it has sex and age dependent aspects (Donaldson et al., 2002; Newberry et al., 1988).”