Advances in Pig Welfare (2^nd Ed.)
Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition Series

Advances in Pig Welfare, Second Edition continues its complete coverage of the field with fully updated information and analysis of current issues in the key areas of pig welfare. It is a comprehensive review covering both recent developments and persistent welfare issues. The book has been expanded with 10 new chapters addressing the most relevant and significant issues in industry with a more global perspective. The book is divided into four sections, starting with an introduction (Part 1) to major topics in pig welfare, such as pigs? needs, including affective states and positive animal welfare. Part two provides an overview of production systems and reviews welfare hotspots and mitigation. Part three covers pig welfare management topics, such as pig-human interactions and precision livestock farming. Global perspectives on pig welfare, including economics, legislation, farmers attitudes and climate change, are covered in Part 4. Written by an international team of renowned researchers in the field, the book continues to be a useful resource for practicing vets involved in welfare assessment, welfare research scientists and students, and indeed, anyone with a professional interest in the welfare of pigs.

Part One Introduction 1 Pigs’ needs and wants 2 Pain in pigs: Characterisation and indicators 3 Stress in pigs: History, assessment, and interpretation 4 Affective states and cognition in pigs 5 Positive welfare: What does it add to the debate over pig welfare? Part Two Pig welfare hotspots and mitigation 6 Overview of commercial pig production systems and their main welfare challenges 7 Mitigating hunger in pregnant sows 8 Sow longevity 9 Sow welfare in farrowing accommodation 10 Piglet mortality and morbidity: Inevitable or unacceptable? 11 Lifetime consequences of the early physical and social environment of piglets 12 Managing tail biting in pigs: Preventing risk factors or docking tails? 13 Gaining and maintaining interest: Recent advances in enrichment for pigs 14 Aggression in group-housed sows, weaners, and grower-finisher pigs 15 Transport of pigs to slaughter and associated handling 16 Slaughter of pigs Part Three Pig welfare management topics 17 On-farm and post-mortem health assessment 18 Pig-human interactions: Creating a positive perception of humans to ensure pig welfare 19 Breeding for pig welfare: Opportunities and challenges 20 Precision livestock farming and technology in pig husbandry 21 Pigs as laboratory animals Part Four Pig welfare from a global perspective 22 How much do people care about pig welfare, and how much will they pay for it? 23 Global developments in pig welfare: From legislation to market-driven change 24 The economics of pig welfare 000 25 Effects of climate change on pig welfare 26 Farmer attitudes towards pig welfare

Irene Camerlink

Dr Irene Camerlink is a researcher in animal behaviour and welfare, with a focus on the social behaviour of pigs. She conducted her PhD at Wageningen University (Netherlands) and thereafter worked as postdoctoral researcher at SRUC (Edinburgh, UK) and Vetmeduni, Vienna (Austria) before taking a position as Associate Professor (Hab.) at the Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland. She has over 65 peer-reviewed publications and is Editor-in-chief of the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science. She is editor of the books 'Animal Welfare in Practice: Pigs' and ‘Bridging Research Disciplines to Advance Animal Welfare Science’. Throughout her career she has studied pig behaviour and welfare by combining multiple disciplines such as genetics, ethology, behavioural ecology and social sciences.

Emma M. Baxter

• Provides the most recent research findings related to pig welfare
• Includes factors that affect pig welfare, how to practically control these factors, and the impact that these factors have on animal health
• New chapters include topics on affective states, economics, sow longevity, environmental enrichment, climate change, farmer perspectives and precision livestock technologie