Behaviour of two genotypes of growing–finishing pig in three different housing systems

By Jonathan H. Guy, P. Rowlinson, J. P. Chadwick, M. Ellis. 2002

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Automated video analysis of pig activity at pen level highly correlates to human observations of behavioural activities (2014, background): “Commonly, ethological studies in pigs used 2 to 5-min intervals between scans for investigating active behaviours of amongst others explorative, manipulative and social behaviours at group level (Bench and Gonyou, 2007; Bolhuis et al., 2005; Guy et al., 2002; Temple et al., 2011).”
A review of environmental enrichment for pigs housed in intensive housing systems (2009, background): “…has been frequently linked with lower incidences of undesirable pig-directed behaviours including tail-biting (Ruiterkamp, 1987; Schouten, 1987; Lyons et al., 1995; De Jong et al., 1998; Kelly et al., 2000; Guy et al., 2002a; Van de Weerd et al., 2005; Scott et al., 2006a; Day et al., 2008).”
Effects of species-relevant environmental enrichment on the behaviour and productivity of finishing pigs (2006, result): “This resulted in more activity and, thus, lower levels of inactivity, as also seen in other studies (McKinnon et al., 1989; Guy et al., 2002 ).”