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The importance of social relationships and social bonds for animals' behavioural expression, health and fitness - pigs as a model to explore underlying physiological mechanisms

2020/39/B/NZ8/02508

Keywords:

Social bonds social interactions fitness pigs prosocial behaviour

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_003:
  • NZ8_012:
  • NZ9_002:

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Instytut Genetyki i Hodowli Zwierząt PAN

woj. mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Irene Camerlink 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: OPUS 20 - announced on 2020-09-15

Amount awarded: 1 691 208 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2021-09-30

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2025-09-29

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. Leadership amongst pigs when faced with a novel situation
    Authors:
    Khatiwada, S., Turner, S. P., Farish, M., Camerlink, I.
    Academic press:
    Behavioural Processes (rok: 2024, tom: 222, strony: 105099), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.beproc.2024.105099 - link to the publication
  2. The effect of preferential associations on the reproductive performance of group-housed sows
    Authors:
    Jowett, S. L., Barker, Z. E., Amory, J. R.
    Academic press:
    Applied Animal Behaviour Science (rok: 2024, tom: 278, strony: 106376), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106376 - link to the publication
  3. Cross-seasonal and diurnal variation in physical contact between sub-adult pigs
    Authors:
    Seddaiu, P., Turner, S. P., Camerlink, I.
    Academic press:
    Applied Animal Behaviour Science (rok: 2024, tom: 278, strony: 106379), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106379 - link to the publication