Sökning: "suckling preference"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden suckling preference.

1. 1. Variation in sow and piglet behaviour and welfare over time during a 5-week nursing period in individual loose housing pens

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

   Författare :Byeonguk Yang; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Nursing behaviour; suckling behaviour; sow welfare; piglet welfare; maternal behaviour;

   Sammanfattning : This master thesis aimed to investigate variation in the sow and piglet behaviour and welfare over time during a 5-week nursing period in the loose housing pen. This study was performed through analysis of video-recorded behaviours in 17 Swedish and Dutch Yorkshire sows and their piglets (284 piglets, pure-bred Yorkshire × Hampshire, average litter size with standard error = 16. LÄS MER

3. 2. Effects of an odor or taste stimulus applied to an artificial teat on the suckling behavior of newborn dairy calves

   Master-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Biologi

   Författare :Maria Malidaki; [2017]
   Nyckelord :Artificial teat; dairy calves; glucose; non-nutritive suckling; olfactory stimuli; suckling behavior; suckling motivation; suckling preference; taste stimuli;

   Sammanfattning : In their first days of life, dairy calves in artificial rearing systems often have difficulty using an artificial teat for feeding. I examined the age at which calves are able to stand up and suckle without lifting assistance, as well as their suckling behavior when presented with a plain dry teat versus a dry teat modified with a presumably attractive odor or taste substance. LÄS MER