Oral manipulation of group mates |
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Tail biting |
Nibbling, sucking or chewing the tail of a pen mate |
Ear biting |
Nibbling, sucking or chewing the ear of a pen mate |
Manipulating other |
Nibbling, sucking or chewing of another part of the body of a pen mate |
Aggression |
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Fighting |
Ramming or pushing a pen mate with or without biting the other pen mate. Can be either mutual or unilateral |
Fighting at feeder |
Pushing, head knocking or biting a pen mate at the feeder |
Belly nosing |
Rubbing the belly of a pen mate with up and down snout movements |
Mounting |
Standing on hind legs while having front legs on other pig's body |
Enrichment object biting |
Chewing on an enrichment object provided in the pen. The enrichment object was a chain with a hard plastic pipe fixed at the top of the pen wall. |