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Stimulating play behaviour in piglets pre-weaning: Effects on transition to weaning and post-weaning social behaviour

Research Team: BSc Students: Carmen Cole, Keara Leong Machielse, and Victoria Windrem Supervisor: Dr. Yolande Seddon Project Members: Dr. Jennifer Brown – Prairie Swine Centre Funding Agency: Project Timeline: April 2020 – December 2021 Background: Play behaviour is naturally expressed...

April 12, 2023

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Motivated for movement? Exercise and the gestation environment on sow performance and welfare

Research Team: PhD Student: Mariia Tokereva Supervisor: Dr. Yolande Seddon Project Members: Jennifer Brown – Prairie Swine Centre Funding Agency: Project Timeline: September 2017 to August 2021 Background: Societal concern regarding confinement housing has prompted multiple countries to move towards...

November 12, 2021

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Practical alternatives for managing castration pain in piglets

Research Team: MSc Student: Erin Davis Supervisor: Dr. Yolande Seddon Project Members: Jennifer Brown – Prairie Swine Centre Project Timeline: May 2016 to January 2020 Funding Agency: Background: Surgical castration of piglets is a painful procedure used to reduce boar...

November 4, 2021

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Risk factors for sow mortality in Canadian swine herds

Research Team: MSc Student: Cristina Prade Ramos Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Brown Project Members: Yolande Seddon, WCVM, University of Saskatchewan; Brian Sullivan, Canadian Centre for Swine Improvement; Laurence Maignel, Canadian Centre for Swine Improvement; Frédéric Fortin, Centre de développement du porc...

November 4, 2021

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Stimulating play behaviour in piglets pre-weaning: Effects on transition to weaning and post-weaning social behaviour

Motivated for movement? Exercise and the gestation environment on sow performance and welfare

Practical alternatives for managing castration pain in piglets

Risk factors for sow mortality in Canadian swine herds

The relationship between animal welfare and sustainable pork production

Animal-based indicators of welfare post-mortem

Biomarkers of Welfare

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