An important welfare issue which can be defined as measuring the positive, negative, and neutral interactions a pig displays towards a human.

A Hypothesis and Review of the Relationship Between Selection for Improved Production Efficiency, Coping Behavior, and Domestication

Comparison of Nursery Pig Behavior Assessed Using Human Observation and Digital-Image Evaluation Methodologies

Effects of Genetic Selection for Residual Feed Intake on Behavioral Reactivity of Castrated Male Pigs to Novel Stimuli Tests

Nursery Pigs Behavior Evaluation Pre- and Post-Injection Using Digital-Image Methodology

Understanding the Effect of Humans on Pig Behavior

Willingness-to-approach Behavior of Weaned Pigs After Injection with Mycoplasma Hyopneumoniae Vaccines

Transport losses (dead and non-ambulatory pigs) present pig welfare, legal and economic challenges to the U.S. swine industry.

Effects of Facility System Design on the Stress Responses and Market Losses of Market Weight Pigs During Loading and Unloading

Effects of Grow-Finish Group Size on Stress Responses at Loading and Unloading and the Effect on Transport Losses from Market-Weight Pigs

Effects of Presorting on Stress Responses at Loading and Unloading and the Impact on Transport Losses from Market-Weight Pigs

Factors Associated with Fatigued, Injured, and Dead Pig Frequency During Transport and Lairage at a Commercial Abattoir

Farm and pig factors affecting welfare during the marketing process

A Ramp in Nursery Housing Affects Nursery Pig Behavior and Speeds Loading of Market Hogs

Transport Losses in Market Weight Pigs: A Review of Definition, Incidence, and Economic Impact

Effects of Pre-Sorting Prior to Loading on Transport Losses of the market Weight Pigs during Loading and Unloading

Handling and Loadout of the Finisher Pig

Loading Gantry vs. Traditional Chute - Effect on Fresh Pork Loin Quality Attributes when Properly Loaded

Loading Gantry versus Traditional Chute for the Finisher Pig: Effect on Welfare at the Time of Loading and Performance Measures and Transport Losses at the Harvest Facility

Marketing the Finisher Pig: The Impact of Facility Design

Establishing Bedding Requirement During Transport and Monitoring Skin Temperature During Cold and Mild Seasons after Transport for Finishing Pigs

Establishing Sprinkling Requirements on Trailers Transporting Market Weight Pigs in Warm and Hot Weather

Establishing Trailer Ventilation (Boarding) Requirement for Finishing Pigs During Transport

Management Strategies to Reduce Transport Losses in Market Weight Pigs

Temperature and Relative Humidity Inside Trailers During Finishing Pig Loading and Transport in Cold and Mild Weather

Though making euthanasia decisions can often be difficult, timely euthanasia is an important pig welfare concept and critical tool to prevent or eliminate unnecessary suffering in situations where a pig’s recovery is highly unlikely.

Alternative Euthanasia Methods to Manually Applied Blunt Force Trauma for Piglets Weighing up to 12 lbs.

Are severely depressed suckling pigs resistant to gas euthanasia?

Determination of swine euthanasia criteria and analysis of barriers to euthanasia in the United States using expert opinion

Development of an Interactive Computer-Based Training Program for Timely and Human On-Farm Pig Euthanasia

Effects of Flow Rate and Gas Mixture on the Welfare of Weaning and Neonate Pigs During Gas Euthanasia

On-Farm Euthanasia

Swine Respiratory Disease Minimally Affects Responses of Nursery Pigs to Gas Euthanasia

Alternative Handling Tools for Moving Grow-finish Pig Cadavers

Modified Wean-to-finish Mat as an Alternative Handling Tool for Moving Grow-finish Pig Cadavers: A Pilot Study

The efficacy of novel rope flavours as environmental enrichment for stalled gilts

The Use of Attractants to Stimulate Neonatal Piglet Interest in Rope Enrichment

Drinker to Nursery Pig Ratio: Drinking Behavior, Aggression, and Drinker Location Preference over 2 Days

Number of Visits and Length of Each Visit to a Nipple Cup Drinker by 7-week-old Pigs After a Water Deprivation Period or Ad Libitum Access to Water

Drinking Behavior in Nursery Pigs: Determining the Accuracy Between an Automatic Water Meter Versus Human Observers

More Nipple Cup Drinkers to Fewer Pigs on the Day of Weaning Into a conventional Nursery Results in Reduced Aggression and More Visits to the Drinker

The Importance of Water in Pig Production

Farrowing Systems for the Sow and Her Piglets

Hypothetical Welfare Assessments for the Sow and Her Litter

Welfare Issues at Weaning