Nest building and farrowing in sows: relation to the reaction pattern during stress, farrowing environment and experience

Benus, R.F., 1988. Aggression and coping: Differences in Behavioural Strategies Between Aggressive and Non-Aggressive Male Mice, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Benus, 1987, Individual differences in behavioural reaction to a changing environment in mice and rats, Behaviour, 100, 105, 10.1163/156853987X00099 Benus, 1990, Routine formation and flexibility in social and non-social behaviour of aggressive and non-aggressive mice, Behaviour, 112, 176, 10.1163/156853990X00185 Benus, 1991, Heritable variation for aggression as a reflection of individual coping strategies, Experientia, 47, 1008, 10.1007/BF01923336 Benus, 1996, Pattern of maternal effort in mouse lines bidirectionally selected for aggression, Anim. Behav., 51, 67, 10.1006/anbe.1996.0006 Cronin, 1993, The effects of providing sawdust to pre-parturient sows in farrowing crates on sow behaviour, the duration of parturition and the occurrence of intra-partum stillborn piglets, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 36, 301, 10.1016/0168-1591(93)90128-C Cronin, 1994, The behaviour of primiparous sows around farrowing in response to restraint and straw bedding, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 39, 269, 10.1016/0168-1591(94)90162-7 Damm, 2000, The effects of branches on prepartum nest building in gilts with access to straw, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 69, 113, 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00122-2 Erhard, H.W., 1998. Pig personalities: A Search for Traits and Types. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Edingburgh, p. 209. Forkman, 1995, Personality, coping patterns, and aggression in piglets, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 45, 31, 10.1016/0168-1591(95)00601-N Gilbert, 1997, Restricting maternal space during parturition in the pig. Effects on oxytocin, vasopressin and cortisol secretion following vagino-cervical stimulation and administration of naloxone, Anim. Reprod. Sci., 46, 245, 10.1016/S0378-4320(96)01596-5 Hale, 1980, Effect of forced exercise on performance of pregnant swine, J. Anim. Sci., 51, 143 Hessing, 1993, Individual behavioural characteristics in the pig, App. Anim. Behav. Sci., 37, 285, 10.1016/0168-1591(93)90118-9 Hessing, 1994, Individual behavioural and physiological strategies in pigs, Physiol. Behav., 55, 39, 10.1016/0031-9384(94)90007-8 Jarvis, 1999, The responsiveness of sows to their piglets in relation to the length of parturition and the involvement of endogenuos opioids, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 63, 195, 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00013-1 Jarvis, S., Dwyer, C.M., Lawrence, A.B., 2000. The role of opioids and oxytocin in mediating species differences in maternal behavioural expression. In: Ramos, A., Pinheiro Machado Filho, L.C., Hötzel., M.J. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th International Congress of the ISAE. p. 148. Jarvis, 2001, The effect of parity and environmental restriction on behavioural and physiological responses of pre-parturient pigs, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 71, 203, 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00183-0 Jensen, 1996, Intermittent stress in pigs: effects on behavior, pituitary-adrenocortical axis, growth, and gastric ulceration, Physiol. Behav., 59, 741, 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02159-0 Jensen, 1989, Nest site choice and nest building of free-ranging domestic pigs due to farrow, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 22, 13, 10.1016/0168-1591(89)90076-2 Jensen, 1993, Nest building in domestic sows: the role of external stimuli, Anim. Behav., 45, 351, 10.1006/anbe.1993.1040 Jensen, 1995, Individual variation and consistency in piglets behaviour, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 45, 43, 10.1016/0168-1591(95)00591-F Jensen, 1995, Behavioural strategies or just individual variation in Behaviour?—A lack of evidence for active and passive piglets, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 43, 135, 10.1016/0168-1591(95)00554-6 Jørgensen, 1990, Genetics of leg weakness in boars at the Danish pig breeding stations, Acta Agric. Scand., 40, 59, 10.1080/00015129009438548 Kilgour, 1998, Arena behaviour is a possible selection criterion for lamb-rearing ability; it can be measured in young rams and ewes, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 57, 81, 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00115-9 Koolhaas, J.M., Bohus, B., 1987. Coping strategies and cardiovascular risk: a study of rats and mice. In: Appels (Ed.). Behavioural Observations in Cardiovascular Research. Swetz and Zeitlinger, Amsterdam. Koolhaas, 1999, Coping styles in animals: current status in behaviour and stress-physiology, Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev., 23, 925, 10.1016/S0149-7634(99)00026-3 Lawrence A.B., Terlouw E.M.C., Illius A.W., 1991. Individual differences in behavioural responses of pigs exposed to non-social and social challenges. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 30, 73-86-52. Lawrence, 1994, The effect of environment on behaviour, plasma cortisol and prolactin in parturient sows, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 39, 313, 10.1016/0168-1591(94)90165-1 Lawrence, 1995, The effect of chronic environmental stress on parturition and vasopressin secretion in the pig, Appl. Reprod. Sci., 38, 251, 10.1016/0378-4320(94)01361-O Littell, R.C., Milliken, G.A., Stroup, W.W., Wolfinger, R.D., 1996. SAS® System for Mixed Models. SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, p. 633. Marchant, 1993, The effects of sow housing on responses to farrowing conditions, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 38, 81, 10.1016/0168-1591(93)90053-R Mormède, 1984, Differences in adaptive abilities of three breeds of Chinese pigs, Gènèt. Sèl. Evol., 16, 85, 10.1186/1297-9686-16-1-85 Ruis, 2000, Personalities in female domesticated pigs: behavioural and physiological indications, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 66, 31, 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00070-2 SAS Institute Inc., 1996. SAS/STAT® Software: Changes and Enhancement Through Release 6.11, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, p. 1104. Spoolder, 1996, Individual behavioural differences in pigs: intra- and inter-test consistency, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 49, 185, 10.1016/0168-1591(96)01033-7 Thodberg, 1999, A general reaction pattern across situations in prepubertal gilts, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 63, 103, 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00009-X Thodberg, 1999, Influence of environmental stimuli on nest building and farrowing behaviour in domestic sows, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 63, 131, 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00002-7 Vestergaard, 1984, Tethered versus loose sows: Etholigacal observations and measures of productivity. 1. Ethological observations during pregnancy and farrowing, Ann. Rech. Vèt., 15, 245