Gudrun Illmann

TL;DR: The results suggest that glands are refilled early after milk ejection and that the increase in milk available with prolonged intervals is only slight, as a result of it is the nursing frequency that plays a crucial role in adjusting the milk output.

TL;DR: The effect of the pre-weaning housing system on play behavior before weaning and agonistic behavior after weaning was investigated in 32 litters of domestic pigs as discussed by the authors. But the results of the study were limited.

TL;DR: There were national and continental differences in European and Asian students' attitudes to animals' welfare and rights, which appear to arise as a result of the socio-political situation in regions rather than religious or other differences.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that females have greater concern for animal welfare and rights than males, and that this is more likely to be expressed in countries where females are relatively empowered, suggesting that ‘emancipated female empathy’ operates across countries as well as at a local level.

TL;DR: Most aspects of pig maternal behaviour have not been significantly changed by domestication and that substantial variability in maternal behaviour exists between sows, perhaps in the form of several behaviour characteristics which encompass both behaviour and endocrine profiles of the sows.