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This project investigates play behavior in piglets to enhance animal welfare and production traits. It aims to explore the genetic basis of play, its heritability, and its relationship with growth, food efficiency, and adaptability, ultimately integrating behavior and welfare into breeding goals.
In livestock species, breeding goals are aimed primarily at improvement of production traits.
However, there are a number of examples where selection for high production efficiency has resulted in reduced welfare through unfavorable outcomes in health, welfare and fitness characteristics.
There is a growing interest in the potential of genetic selection for behavior in addition to that for production traits.
Since play is a pleasurable emotion that only occurs when animals are in a relaxed (posi…
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA AGRARIA Y ALIMENTARIA
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