Individual coping characteristics, aggressiveness and fighting strategies in pigs
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The way in which individual coping characteristics of pigs were predictive of aggression during social encounters and the resulting social status is examined. The results indicate that low-resisting pigs are flexible in using aggression, whereas the high level of aggression of high-resisting pigs regardless of their success in encounters suggests that these animals are more rigid in their aggressive behaviour.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2005
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Discrimination of conspecifics by juvenile domestic pigs, Sus scrofa
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The ability of 6-week-old female pigs to discriminate between pairs of female conspecifics in a Y-maze is investigated. It is seen that the pigs, which were rewarded after each correct choice, learned faster than the pigs, which were rewarded after each incorrect choice.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2005
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Aggression and group is domesticated pigs, Sus scrofa: 'when the winner takes it all and the loser is standing small'
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A novel theoretical model that describes how aggression among unacquainted pigs is a function of group size is presented. The conclusion states that pigs are able to alter their behavior according to how the actual competitive situation changes with group size.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
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