Swine It #83: Abnormal behavior in pigs: nutritional, environmental, or management issue? - Dr. John McGlone
"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘨? 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 8.5 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘨? 𝘕𝘰, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 7.5 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘨. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘯." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗠𝗰𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:
1. Lithium in pigs;
2. Tail biting;
3. Animal welfare and behavior;
4. Sustainability;
5. Feeder space;
6. Stocking density;
7. Barrows;
8. Tail docking;
9. Nutrition and tail biting;
10. Antibiotics removal;
11. Crates vs. pens;
12. Group housing.
𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Dr. John McGlone attended Washington State University where he received his B.S. and M.S. in 1977 and 1979 in Animal Science with a minor in Neuroscience. He then traveled to the University of Illinois, in the heart of pig country where he received his Ph.D. in 1981 in Animal Science with a minor in Neural and Behavioral Biology. His research interests are in the science of animal behavior, physiology, and welfare ranging from appropriate housing and production systems for pigs to the brain and immune mechanisms underlying stress.