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Consistency of measurement of social status in sows housed in two group dry-sow systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

R. H. Bradshaw ,
J. Skyrme ,
E. E. Brenninkmeijer  and
D. M. Broom
R. H. Bradshaw
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, United Kingdom
J. Skyrme
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom
E. E. Brenninkmeijer
Affiliation:
Van Hall Instituut, Professional University for Food Technology, Environment and Agriculture, Agora 1, P. 0. Box 1528, 8901 BV Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
D. M. Broom
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, United Kingdom
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A wide range of measures have been employed in an attempt to determine social structure in groups of animals and different analyses of social behaviour may result in the construction of different hierarchies (Tomback et al. 1989). In order to investigate social aspects of welfare in group-housed sows it is important to establish a meaningful measure of group dynamics. We therefore wished to establish whether different measures of social status resulted in the construction of similar hierarchies in dry-sows housed in indoor or outdoor group-housing systems.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1998 , 1998 , pp. 109
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1998

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