Early stress experiences and stress resilience in pigs

动物应激对动物生产力、农场动物的健康和福利以及农场的盈利能力都有重大影响。本项目旨在研究猪的应激恢复能力。现代养猪业是食物的主要来源，为澳大利亚和全世界提供了大量的营养、社会和经济效益。动物福利日益受到公众、消费者和猪肉生产者的关注，应激脆弱性是商品生猪生活中的动物健康和生产问题。该项目将产生关于早期生命管理的新知识，赋予猪的应激恢复能力，对动物福利、农场生产力和盈利能力有预期的好处。

Animal stress has substantial implications on animal productivity, health and welfare of farm animals and thus farm profitability. This project aims to examine the stress resilience in pigs. Modern pig farming is a major source of food, providing substantial nutritional, social and economic benefits in Australia and worldwide. Animal welfare is of increasing concern to the public, consumers and pork producers, and stress vulnerability is an animal health and production problem in the life of the commercial pig. This project will generate new knowledge on early life management to endow stress resilience in pigs, with expected benefits for animal welfare, farm productivity and profitability.