NSERC Funded Projects
- Understanding the impact of early life stressors of weaning and targeted management to support adaptation on piglet behavioral development and gut health
- The Impact of Play on Aggression in the Post-Weaning Environment
- Evaluating the effects of rearing environment during a critical development period on the long-term welfare of pigs The effect of environmental enrichment on the immune response and measures of disease resilience and welfare in pigs
- The effect of the pre-weaning rearing environment and play experience on the behavior of pigs in social contests
- The effects of play on the psychological and physiological robustness in the growing pig
- Cortisol and DHEA concentration in hair and their relation to swine growth in a disease challenge barn
- Animal-based post-mortem indicators of welfare: Linking abattoir data to live animal measures
- Dehydroepiandrosterone and cortisol as biomarkers of welfare in growing swine
Additional Projects
- Validation of Infrared Technologies for Identification of Market Pigs at risk of Transport Stress, Death loss and PSE meat
- Motivated for movement? Exercise and the gestation environment on sow performance and welfare
- Evaluation of the risks and benefits of early mixing and dynamic grouping in sows/ Influence of pre-natal stressors on piglet health and welfare
- Effects of sow grouping practices on reproductive performance and piglet vitality
- Practical alternatives for managing castration pain in piglets
- Risk factors for sow mortality in Canadian swine herds
