Video surveillance technology has been applied in many farms and a large amount of video
data has been generated. Extracting valuable information about the pig industry from video …

The nature of the relationship between humans and farm animals has multiple
repercussions on the animals and the farmers and varies with farmers attitudes towards their …

Cognitive approaches are increasingly used to assess animal welfare, but no systematic
review has been conducted on pigs despite their cognitive capacities. Our aims were two …

The importance of maternal care in commercial pig production is largely ignored. The sow
has little possibility to interact with her piglets, and piglets are often subjected to early …

Social preferences in pigs have received little attention despite the welfare implication of
providing an adequate social environment for farm animals. We investigated the extent to …

This study addressed the impact of early and later life environmental enrichment, and their
combination, on specific antibody responses and peripheral blood leukocyte subpopulations …

The distribution of agricultural and livestock products has been limited owing to the recent
rapid population growth and the COVID-19 pandemic; this has led to an increase in the …

A large variation in feeding patterns between pigs and over time hampers the use of data
from electronic feeding stations in the continuous monitoring of growing-finishing pig …

Highlights•A whole-building energy model for livestock facility was developed.•PLF model
was applied in the energy model and showed high prediction performance.•High prediction …

The growing recognition of animals as individuals has broader implications for farm animal
welfare research. Even under highly standardized on-farm conditions, farm animals show …