›› 2008, Vol. 1 ›› Issue (7): 141-145.

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The Observation of Abnormal Behavior for Assessing the Animal Welfare in Pigs

LI Jing,GU Xianhong   

  1. Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing 100193, China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2008-07-20 Published:2008-07-20

Abstract: This paper introduces definition of abnormal behavior and summarizes the inducing reasons, the degrees and the consequence of the abnormal behavior. Finally, the available and quantifiable methods for the assessment of animal abnormal behavior are presented, and then the relation of abnormal behavior and animal welfare level is established.

Key words: pigs; assessment; score; abnormal behavior

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