Topic 3: Behavior Flashcards
Are Pigs Smart?
We can tell when they are happy because they are smart. So yes
Why do we care if pigs are smart?
Pigs eating means they are happy so that means we will have a better market animal
Not eating means they are sad so they won’t eat much or not at all.
An article published by Yerkes and Coburn in 1915 said that
Pigs can solve rule and relationship problems
Pigs learn (3 things)
Gestures
Words
Smells
Pigs have (2 things)
Spatial and social memory
Recognize and know different pigs
Ingestive Newborn Behavior includes
Suckle
sow will call with low pitch grunt and piglets squeal back
They nurse every hour
Have a teat order established within 2 days not based on birth order
What teat produces most milk
Anterior side
Dominant piglet takes this one
Adult Ingestive Behavior
They have teeth in upper and lower jaw
Bite, chew, swallow
Root with snout
What did England originally use pigs for?
Truffle hunting
Elimination behavior
Discriminative only use a certain area far away from bedding usually in a corner
Buildings should utilize grates and slats so waste will go beneath pens
Agnostic behavior…describe it
Fight or flight (fight first)
Have a pecking order
Boars are aggressive due to libido because of more test. Manage through having own pen.
Boars more aggressive around feeders
Behavioral problems?
Very few and ocassionally have acute outbreaks
Rarely chronic
Tail biting is caused by
Tail is sideways in mouth of another
Cannibalism-chase and chew
Genetic predisposition
Boredom/mgmt
Tail docking should be done to reduce biting by 38%
Behavior types
Pace Rock Rubbing (parasites) Pawing Bar Biting Excessive drinking (water pressure low) Self-mutilation Urine sucking and belly nosing (sign pig was weaned too soon) Unresponsive (dead, lethargic, listless) Hysteria
Hysteria
temporary loss of cognitive or motor functions usually as a result of emotionally upsetting experiences
