Benefits of Prepartum Nest-building Behaviour on Parturition and Lactation in Sows — A Review

It is well known that prepartum sows have an innate motivation to build a nest before parturition. Under commercial conditions, however, the farrowing crate, which is widely used in modern pig husbandry, inhibits this innate behaviour through the lack of space, materials, or both. Thus, restriction...

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Main Authors:	Yun, Jinhyeon, Valros, Anna
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies (AAAP) and Korean Society of Animal Science and Technology (KSAST) 2015
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4647089/

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spelling	pubmed-46470892015-11-24 Benefits of Prepartum Nest-building Behaviour on Parturition and Lactation in Sows — A Review Yun, Jinhyeon Valros, Anna Article It is well known that prepartum sows have an innate motivation to build a nest before parturition. Under commercial conditions, however, the farrowing crate, which is widely used in modern pig husbandry, inhibits this innate behaviour through the lack of space, materials, or both. Thus, restriction of nest-building behaviour could generate increased stress, resulting in a decrease in maternal endogenous hormones. Hence, it could lead to detrimental effects on farrowing and lactating performance. Here we review interactions between prepartum nest-building behaviour, stress and maternal endogenous hormone levels, and discuss their effects on parturition, lactation, and welfare of sows and offspring. Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies (AAAP) and Korean Society of Animal Science and Technology (KSAST) 2015-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4647089/ /pubmed/26333669 http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.15.0174 Text en Copyright © 2015 by Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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title	Benefits of Prepartum Nest-building Behaviour on Parturition and Lactation in Sows — A Review
title_short	Benefits of Prepartum Nest-building Behaviour on Parturition and Lactation in Sows — A Review
title_full	Benefits of Prepartum Nest-building Behaviour on Parturition and Lactation in Sows — A Review
title_fullStr	Benefits of Prepartum Nest-building Behaviour on Parturition and Lactation in Sows — A Review
title_full_unstemmed	Benefits of Prepartum Nest-building Behaviour on Parturition and Lactation in Sows — A Review
title_sort	benefits of prepartum nest-building behaviour on parturition and lactation in sows — a review
description	It is well known that prepartum sows have an innate motivation to build a nest before parturition. Under commercial conditions, however, the farrowing crate, which is widely used in modern pig husbandry, inhibits this innate behaviour through the lack of space, materials, or both. Thus, restriction of nest-building behaviour could generate increased stress, resulting in a decrease in maternal endogenous hormones. Hence, it could lead to detrimental effects on farrowing and lactating performance. Here we review interactions between prepartum nest-building behaviour, stress and maternal endogenous hormone levels, and discuss their effects on parturition, lactation, and welfare of sows and offspring.
publisher	Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies (AAAP) and Korean Society of Animal Science and Technology (KSAST)
publishDate	2015
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4647089/
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Benefits of Prepartum Nest-building Behaviour on Parturition and Lactation in Sows — A Review

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