The lazy, dirty pigs that you all remember are not only eating and sleeping, but also having joy, sorrow, fear, anger as a superior mammal.
(b) the fact that pigs have just left their mothers and been transferred to care homes, and that the metropolitan area is nervous, afraid and prone to stress
(b) first-born pigs can be irritated without careful care and refuse to breastfeed, and even harm their children by mistake
In grouping, changing columns, and in the face of rough blows, kicks and scrambling by some breeders, the care of pigs and pigs produces a serious fear and psychological shadow
Similarly, like humans, pigs need to maintain a positive emotional and psychological state in order to enjoy “work” and to ensure that productive tasks in pig farms are carried out in an orderly manner。
How do we keep the pigs positive? The most effective method is to provide good welfare to pigs, including physical well-being, environmental well-being, health benefits, behavioural and psychological benefits, so that they can live happily and peacefully。
One pig's mental health can be contagious
While there is now a general focus in the pig farming industry on increasing production efficiency, the state of disease and physical health of pigs, the mental health of pigs is often overlooked. Indeed, the mental problems of pigs can lead to a decrease in immunity and the emergence of infectious diseases, which not only increase the cost of pig farming but also affect the quality of pork。
The psychological problems of different pigs reflect different symptoms。
Pigs: affecting the quality of pigs
As the saying goes, “a good nest of pigs and a good slope of pigs”, the effect of a “sculpture” is great。
Instead, the breeders tend to focus on providing the pig with a good eating and sleeping environment, but simply treat him as a “precision tool”, rudely treat him or even beat him ... The emotional needs of the pig are ignored. In the long run, this type of male trauma can directly lead to a decline in sexual desire, and it is difficult to heal through decorum and hormones, ultimately affecting the quality of the male sperm。
Sows: affecting reproductive performance
Sexually mature back-up pigs are confined to restricted areas, with a lack of ablaze and depression, inhibiting the development of their reproductive function and resulting in less visible outbreaks。
Pregnant pigs who are waiting to give birth are in a more depressed mood and are confined to restricted areas, unable to move, to feed themselves, and in a restless mood. One week before the birth, they were driven to the delivery bed, which increased psychological stress during the prenatal period, resulting in prolonged and even difficult delivery。
Smugly emancipated the breast-feeding pig from the delivery room, separated the sow from the pig's flesh and blood; brutally extended his hand directly into the mother's womb to pull out the baby... This has caused serious psychological trauma to the nursing pigs, which has further affected the functioning of normal reproductive functions, as well as their decline and higher phase-out rates。
Piggy: raze, shock, even death
In the nursery there was a pig barking, and all the pigs woke up, and a pig howling, and all the pigs were shocked. The care stage is the most frequent phase of vaccination and feeding or drinking water, and the injection of pig-minding is called “human and pork fighting”。
In the same hog house, regardless of which pig is injected, the other pigs watch, hide, shrink, shake and run in full fear, and their heart rate accelerates, blood pressure rises, and the digestive system is suspended, causing strong stress. The heart attack, which is caused by shock, can be seen in the severity of the psychological shock。
The mental health of the 02 will cause an epidemic
In response to these adverse effects, pig breeders also need to pay attention to the mental health of pigs in order to make them live better。
1. Treat every pig with kindness
Studies have shown that improving management attitudes and behaviour reduces the fear of pigs to people and increases their productive capacity。
"shang hogs and breeders in close contact"
In the case of pigs, the subo gene has been working to take into account their psychological and emotional well-being by means of human-pig relatives and training, exclusive breeding and rigorous scientific fixation。
"shanging a sow with a breeder"
In the case of pigs, in order to reduce the fear of starvation caused by diet during pregnancy, diet fibres can be added to daily food grains, so as to increase the saturation of the pigs and solve the problem of constipation. At the same time, in order to reduce the disruption of the delivery period, high-intensity assistance in the delivery of the mother is prohibited, which makes the mother more gentle and can reduce the number of attacks by the mother and the death of the pig。
In order to reduce the psychological trauma caused to pigs by immunization, appropriate protection measures can be taken, such as pre-injection fasting, immediate feeding after injection, so that pigs forget their pain because they are hungry。
2) create a comfortable atmosphere
Studies have shown that appropriate music stimulation regulates the living atmosphere of pigs, improves their growth performance and immunity, improves their physiological state and reduces stress, such as playing music that significantly reduces their aggressive behaviour and makes pigs more quiet。
(shanging pigs eat and drink)
It also helps to maintain positive moods。
3) improvement of poor rearing practices
It is understood that improper handling of pigs by breeders can exert psychological stress on pigs, thus affecting performance. Unsatisfactory operation of pigs can lead to slower growth of pigs, lower pregnancy rates of pigs and delayed reproductive development of young pigs。
To this end, the training of practitioners needs to be strengthened in order to regulate the standardized management of pigs, with a greater emphasis on cultural improvement and on the study of subjects such as animal psychology。
Pay attention to the emotional needs of pigs, raising them “humanly”, reducing their suffering and ensuring their health and happiness. The welfare of pigs will greatly improve their productive capacity and the quality of pork。
Shang has been working to meet the welfare requirements of pigs, so that every pig can live easy and be happy to “work”, produce good-quality piglets, improve their reproductive performance, increase their growth rate, eventually produce good-quality pork, and provide consumers with healthy, safe, delicious and convenient food
