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. 2024 Sep 17;11:1460993. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1460993

Table 1.

Specifications of enrichment items (total amount, manufacturer) given during each play session to the Play treatment pigs in the farrowing room, nursery room, and disease containment facility at biosecurity level 2 (BSL2).

Enrichment item Total amount in farrowing and nursery Total amount in BSL2 Manufacturer
Straw 5 L 20 L Simply Straw, fine cut 100% wheat straw, Lacombe, AB, CA
Cardboard Thirty 0.1 m × 0.1 m pieces Thirty 0.2 × 0.2 m pieces Uline corrugated boxes, Pleasant Prairie, WI, USA
Construction paper Thirty 0.1 m × 0.1 m pieces Thirty 0.2 × 0.2 m pieces Uline kraft paper sheets, Pleasant Prairie, WI, USA
Dog rubber toys (puppy size) Three (1× bone, 1× connected circle, 1× ball) Six (2× bone, 2× connected circle, 2× ball) Dollarama Inc., Mount Royal, QC, CA
Fire starter wood 20 pieces Not given Vermont Castings Cherry Flavoured 100% Natural Smoking Wood Chips, Randolph, VT, USA
Cotton rope Three strands of unravelled 0.8 m of ½ inch diameter Six strands of unravelled 0.8 m of ½ inch diameter Ropeshop.ca, Hamilton, ON, CA
Burlap Three 0.1 m × 0.8 m pieces Six 0.1 m × 0.8 m pieces Uline burlap roll, Pleasant Prairie, WI, USA