{"id":7739,"date":"2011-07-25T20:22:54","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T20:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/?p=7739"},"modified":"2011-12-02T14:11:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T20:11:45","slug":"effects-of-exposing-pigs-to-moving-and-odors-in-a-simulated-slaughter-chute-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/effects-of-exposing-pigs-to-moving-and-odors-in-a-simulated-slaughter-chute-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Effects of exposing pigs to moving and odors in a simulated slaughter chute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pigs in the finishing stage are infrequently handled and can be difficult to handle when experiencing novel situations. This study sought to determine the effects of minimal training and a novel odor\/taste reward on the ease of handling finishing pigs in a novel environment. Pigs were assigned to one of four treatments organized in a factorial arrangement: training and odor exposure at the barn or not (trained or non-trained, respectively) and provision or not of maple syrup in the simulated pre-stun area of a slaughter plant (reward or no reward, respectively). 14 pens of trained pigs were let out of their home pens and onto a trailer for 10 min\/day for 10 days and could chew on maple syrup soaked flags. 14 pens of non-trained pigs were not handled or exposed to maple syrup. After the 10 days, trained and non-trained pigs were transported, unloaded and then experienced a novel simulated pre-stun area. A maple syrup-soaked flag (reward) was dragged through the simulated pre-stun area and put in a simulated CO<sub>2<\/sub> stun box. Nonrewarded pigs were not exposed to maple syrup. Trained pigs unloaded the trailer and reached the resting pen faster than non-trained pigs. Trained pigs had fewer blood neutrophils and more lymphocytes than non-trained pigs. Rewarded pigs received fewer taps before reaching the simulated CO<sub>2<\/sub> stun box than non-rewarded pigs. Cortisol concentration increased when the total time to reach the simulated CO<sub>2<\/sub> stun box increased. Pigs that were allowed to exercise out of their home pen and were given access to an odor\/taste reward moved faster and the neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio was decreased when exposed to a novel environment containing the same odor\/taste reward.<\/p>\n<p>For more information the full article can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.elsevierhealth.com\/periodicals\/applan\/issues\">http:\/\/journals.elsevierhealth.com\/periodicals\/applan\/issues<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pigs in the finishing stage are infrequently handled and can be difficult to handle when experiencing novel situations. This study sought to determine the effects of minimal training and a novel odor\/taste reward on the ease of handling finishing pigs in a novel environment. 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