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. 2020 Jan 9;18(1):e05944. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5944

Table 47.

Hazards that could lead to the occurrence of abnormal behaviour. Hazards written in bold are scientifically proven by more than one source, those in normal text were found in only one paper, those in italic have been mentioned by the experts invited to the technical hearing meeting

Hazard category Hazard
Housing

Individual housing

Very low cages (20 cm)

Lack of gnawable materials (e.g. roughage, wood), especially in (larger) groups

Ambient condition No hazard identified
Genetics No hazard identified
Nutrition and feeding Feed restriction
Management of biosecurity No hazard identified
Management of reproduction Disturbance of maternal behaviour
Other Sub‐adult animals