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AN ANALYSIS OF SOME BEHAVIOURAL EFFECTS OF THE VIBRATION AND NOISE COMPONENTS OF TRANSPORT IN PIGS
Author(s) -
Stephens D. B.,
Sharman D. F.,
Ingram D. L.,
Bailey K. J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
quarterly journal of experimental physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1469-445X
pISSN - 0144-8757
DOI - 10.1113/expphysiol.1985.sp002904
Subject(s) - noise (video) , vibration , meal , audiology , acoustics , medicine , computer science , physics , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)
The reactions of pigs to the vibration and noise components of transport were examined with the use of an apparatus which simulated these factors. The pigs were trained to switch off the apparatus by pressing a switch panel with their snouts. It was found that vibration was aversive but that noise was not. The pigs switched off the apparatus more frequently when the vibration was fast and when they had been fed a large meal before the test. Although the sedative tranquillizing drug azaperone decreased the number of times the apparatus was switched off, the effect appeared to be non‐specific because azaperone also reduced the number of responses that pigs would make in order to receive food.