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Vocalizations Of Isolated Piglets. Ii. Some Environmental Factors, D. Fraser
Vocalizations Of Isolated Piglets. Ii. Some Environmental Factors, D. Fraser
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The vocalizations of suckling piglets were studied during brief tests which involved social isolation, restriction of movement, and exposure to unfamiliar surroundings. Similar trends were shown in most cases by the three classes of call studied - closed mouth grunts, open mouth grunts, and squeals. The rate of calling was much lower when a piglet was in the home pen than when alone in an unfamiliar pen, and more calls were given in both situations when the animal’s movement was restricted by caging. The presence of the dam and four littermates in unfamiliar surroundings caused a large reduction in calling, …
Vocalizations Of Isolated Piglets. I. Sources Of Variation And Relationships Among Measures, D. Fraser
Vocalizations Of Isolated Piglets. I. Sources Of Variation And Relationships Among Measures, D. Fraser
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The vocalizations and activity of suckling piglets aged 4 to 25 days were studied during 5-min periods of social isolation in an unfamiliar enclosure. The animals became very active and vocalized repeatedly during the test, but the reaction was attenuated among older litters. Calls were predominantly closed mouth grunts at low rates of calling, and mainly squeals and open mouth grunts at high overall rates. Squealing correlated with open mouth grunting and with the activity measure both within and between litters. Even so, the measures appeared to be affected independently by the piglets’ behaviour in the home pen just before …