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dc.contributor.authorReimert, Ien
dc.contributor.authorRodenburg, T Ben
dc.contributor.authorUrsinus, W Wen
dc.contributor.authorDuijvesteijn, Naomien
dc.contributor.authorCamerlink, Ien
dc.contributor.authorKemp, Ben
dc.contributor.authorBolhuis, J Een
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-11T11:41:00Z-
dc.date.issued2013-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Animal Science, 91(10), p. 4589-4597en
dc.identifier.issn1525-3163en
dc.identifier.issn0021-8812en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22317-
dc.description.abstractPigs housed together in a group influence each other's growth. Part of this effect is genetic and can be represented in a social breeding value. It is unknown, however, which traits are associated with social breeding values. The aim of this study was, therefore, to investigate whether personality and response to novelty could be associated with social breeding values for growth in piglets. Female and castrated male piglets from 80 litters, with either an estimated relative positive or negative social breeding value (+SBV or -SBV) for growth, were individually tested in a backtest and novel environment test, and group-wise in a novel object (i.e., a feeder with feed) test and human approach test. All tests were performed during the suckling period. No differences between +SBV and -SBV piglets were found for the frequency and latency of struggling and vocalizing in the backtest (at least, P > 0.30). In the novel object test, piglets with a +SBV for growth touched the feeder faster than piglets with -SBV for growth (P = 0.01) and were more frequently present near the person in the human approach test (P < 0.01). No behavioral differences between +SBV and -SBV piglets were found in the novel environment test (at least, P > 0.40), but piglets that struggled more in the backtest walked more in this test (P = 0.02). Behavior was affected by gender in each test. Female piglets were faster than castrated male piglets to start struggling in the backtest (P = 0.047). In the novel object test, females were faster than males to touch the feeder and sample the feed. In the human approach test, they were also faster than male piglets to touch a person (all, P < 0.001). Females were also more frequently present near the feeder (P < 0.001) and person (P = 0.03). In the novel environment test, female piglets explored the floor more (P = 0.046), produced less low- (P = 0.04) and high-pitched vocalizations (P = 0.02), and defecated (P = 0.08) and urinated less than male piglets (P < 0.01). It was concluded that +SBV and -SBV piglets do not differ in their response to the backtest, and only subtle differences were found in their response to novelty. More research is warranted to identify the traits underlying SBV for growth in pigs. Moreover, castrated male piglets seemed to react more fearfully to each test than female piglets.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Animal Scienceen
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Animal Scienceen
dc.titleBacktest and novelty behavior of female and castrated male piglets, with diverging social breeding values for growthen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.2527/jas.2013-6673en
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Managementen
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Breedingen
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Growth and Developmenten
local.contributor.firstnameIen
local.contributor.firstnameT Ben
local.contributor.firstnameW Wen
local.contributor.firstnameNaomien
local.contributor.firstnameIen
local.contributor.firstnameBen
local.contributor.firstnameJ Een
local.subject.for2008070203 Animal Managementen
local.subject.for2008070202 Animal Growth and Developmenten
local.subject.for2008070201 Animal Breedingen
local.subject.seo2008830399 Livestock Raising not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008830308 Pigsen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailnduijves@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20180111-103738en
local.publisher.placeUnited States of Americaen
local.format.startpage4589en
local.format.endpage4597en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume91en
local.identifier.issue10en
local.contributor.lastnameReimerten
local.contributor.lastnameRodenburgen
local.contributor.lastnameUrsinusen
local.contributor.lastnameDuijvesteijnen
local.contributor.lastnameCamerlinken
local.contributor.lastnameKempen
local.contributor.lastnameBolhuisen
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local.identifier.handlehttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22317en
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local.title.maintitleBacktest and novelty behavior of female and castrated male piglets, with diverging social breeding values for growthen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorReimert, Ien
local.search.authorRodenburg, T Ben
local.search.authorUrsinus, W Wen
local.search.authorDuijvesteijn, Naomien
local.search.authorCamerlink, Ien
local.search.authorKemp, Ben
local.search.authorBolhuis, J Een
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local.year.published2013en
local.subject.for2020300302 Animal managementen
local.subject.for2020300301 Animal growth and developmenten
local.subject.for2020300305 Animal reproduction and breedingen
local.subject.seo2020100410 Pigsen
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