title: Influence of width and bends on the ease of movement of pigs along races.
abstract: Pigs could be moved along a race 120 cm wide more quickly than along a race 45 cm wide. The presence of a bend with an angle of 45 degrees slowed their progress by about 10 per cent, a bend of 90 degrees or 120 degrees slowed them by 19 per cent and a 180 degrees bend slowed them by 44 per cent. There was little evidence of any interaction between the effects of width and angle of bend; the effect of a sharp bend could not be compensated for by increased width. The pigs became accustomed to the races and moved more quickly in later runs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Meat Animal Science, University of Bristol, Langford.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Warriss
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Knowles
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006799:Housing, Animal; D008124:Locomotion; D008297:Male; D013552:Swine / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors