• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.191-194
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• 2002

The nursing vocalization of domestic pigs(Landrace$\times$Yorkshire) was investigated with respect to common features. All vocalizations uttered during nursings in 5 sows at 5 days after farrowing were recorded and 305 grunts were processed in a spectrograph. The sow's repeated grunting during nursing can be regarded as a contact call and a signal of the mother to start and synchronize the suckling behavior of the piglets. Analysis in the time domain revealed the gross structure of the call, whereas in the frequency domain the fine structure of single grunts was investigated. Nursing interval, duration of nursing behavior, duration of grunt, grunt rate per 10 seconds, fundamental frequency, 1 formant, 2 formant, 3 formant, 4 formant and spectrum were investigated. The results showed that mean interval between the nursing following one another was 25, 4.6 min and duration of nursing behavior was 3.2 $\pm$ 0.7 min. Average duration of grunt was 203.9 $\pm$ 63.6 ms. The formant contours could be identified. The nursing behavior might be disturbed by the grunts of alien sow.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.142-148
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• 2016

The present study investigated the effects of back-fat thickness at d 107 of gestation and housing types during gestation on reproductive performance and behavior of sows. A total of 64 crossbred sows ($Landrace{\times}Yorkshire$) in their 3 to 4 parities were allotted to one of four treatments (n = 16) over two consecutive parities. During each parity, sows were assigned to two gestational housing types (stall or group housing) and two level of back-fat thickness (<20 or ${\geq}20$) at d 107 of gestation. Gestating sows were transferred from gestational crates to stalls or pens (group housing) 5 weeks before farrowing. All sows were moved to farrowing crates on d 109 of gestation. At weaning, back-fat thickness changes were lesser (p<0.05) in sows having back-fat thickness <20 mm than that of sows with ${\geq}20mm$ back-fat thickness at 107 d of gestation. Group housed sows had greater (p<0.05) feed intake and shorter (p<0.05) weaning-to-estrus interval than that of sows in stalls. At weaning, back-fat thickness changes were lesser (p<0.05) in group housed sows than that of sows in stalls. The number of piglets at weaning, growth rate and average daily gain were greater (p<0.05) in group housed sows than that of sows in stalls. During gestation, walking duration was more (p<0.05) in group housed sows. Group housed sows had lesser (p<0.05) farrowing duration and greater (p<0.05) eating time than that of sows in stalls. Result obtained in present study indicated that sows with ${\geq}20mm$ back-fat thickness at 107 days had better reproductive performance. Additionally, group housing of sows during last five week of gestation improved the performance and behavior and reproductive efficiency of sows.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.218-222
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• 1984

본(本) 연구(硏究)는 1984년(年) 7월(月) 6일(日)부터 8월(月) 3일(日)까지 28일간(日間), 분만모돈(分娩母豚) 40두(頭)와 분만자돈(分娩仔豚) 420두(頭)를 가지고, 분만(分娩), 포유(哺乳), 수안행동(睡眼行動)을 조사하고자 실시(實施)하였던 바, 그 결과(結果)를 요약(要約)하면 다음과 같다. 1. 분만모돈(分娩母豚)은 분만시(分娩時) 좌(左) 우(右)로 누워서 분만(分娩)했으며, 분만(分娩)도중 50%는 분만자세(分娩姿勢)를 바꾸었다. 출생(出生) 자돈(仔豚)의 65.5%는 앞쪽으로 출산(出산)하였다. 포유자세(哺乳姿勢)는 좌측(左側)으로 눕는것이 51.3%였다. 2. 자돈분만시간(仔豚分娩時間)은 239.3분(分)이었고, 자돈(仔豚)과 자돈(仔豚)의 분만간격(分娩間隔)은 19.3분(分)이었다. 3. 분만후(分娩後) 첫 번째 젖을 빨려는 시도는 분만후(分娩後) 24.3분(分)이었으며, 젖꼭지 결정시기는 분만후(分娩後) 31.9시간(時間)이었다. 4. 분만일(分娩日) 자돈(仔豚)의 포유시간(哺乳時間)과 포유회수(哺乳回數)는 각각(各各) 35.8초(秒)와 24.6회(回)/1일(日)이었으며, 포유기간(哺乳期間)이 경과할수록 포유시간(哺乳時間)과 포유회수(哺乳回數)가 단축되었다. (P<.01, P<.05) 포유간격(哺乳間隔)은 분만일(分娩日)에 58.5분(分)이었으며, 포유기간(哺乳期間)이 경과할수록 포유간격(哺乳間隔)이 길어졌다. 5. 포유모돈(哺乳母豚)은 하루중 깨어있는 시간이 31.7%, 쉬는 시간이 51.6%이었다.