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Characterization Of Swine Production Using Measurements Collected Via Indoor Positioning System, Shaun Perisho
Characterization Of Swine Production Using Measurements Collected Via Indoor Positioning System, Shaun Perisho
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Legislative and market initiatives are requiring that gestating sows move from individual housing to group settings. Little information is known about coping styles of individual sows in these more socially complex environments and thus the impact of different behavioral strategies on sow reproductive success and efficiency was investigated. The movements of 70 sows during periods of reintroduction into large pen gestational housing following insemination was measured with a commercially available system that tracked animal location and accelerations. Principle component analysis (PCA) was used to establish composite variables characterizing each animal’s behavioral response to social reintroduction and revealed the presence of …