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Kschonek et al. Porcine Health Management (2025) 11:13 Porcine Health Management https://doi.org/10.1186/s40813-025-00420-1 REVIEW Open Access Part II: understanding pain in pigs—pain assessment in pigs with spontaneously occurring diseases or injuries Julia Kschonek1*, Kathrin Deters2, Moana Miller3, Jennifer Reinmold2, Lara Twele4, Ilka Emmerich5, Sabine Kästner6, Nicole Kemper3, Lothar Kreienbrock1, Isabel Hennig-Pauka2, Michael Wendt7 and Elisabeth grosse Beilage2 Abstract Background Pain in pigs needs to be managed and treated to the benefit of individual pigs. It is imperative for veterinarians and farmers to assure that pigs do not suffer from unnecessary pain that can be relieved. This review focusses on pain related to spontaneously occurring diseases and injuries since this topic is often neglected. The aim is to identify ways to accelerate knowledge and evidence in this area to prevent painful conditions in pigs in the future. Methods A scoping review was conducted with results from a search of the electronic databases VetSearch and CABI Rxiv. The findings of selected publications are narratively synthesized and reported orienting on the PRISMA ScR guideline. Results The results emphasize that pigs experience pain due to spontaneously occurring diseases and injuries, but systematic knowledge about this topic is scarce. More research is especially needed for rare diseases (such as UTIs). Moreover, research conducted about the topic pain in pigs should involve standardized protocols to document, analyse and share results on pain detection beyond a projects’ timeframe. The findings of this review suggest that such a protocol would comprise validated pain identification measures over time and in relation to administered pain treatment. Conclusion The results
Kschonek et al. Porcine Health Management (2025) 11:13 Porcine Health Management https://doi.org/10.1186/s40813-025-00420-1 REVIEW Open Access Part II: understanding pain in pigs—pain assessment in pigs with spontaneously occurring diseases or injuries Julia Kschonek1*, Kathrin Deters2, Moana Miller3, Jennifer Reinmold2, Lara Twele4, Ilka Emmerich5, Sabine Kästner6, Nicole Kemper3, Lothar Kreienbrock1, Isabel Hennig-Pauka2, Michael Wendt7 and Elisabeth grosse Beilage2 Abstract Background Pain in pigs needs to be managed and treated to the benefit of individual pigs. It is imperative for veterinarians and farmers to assure that pigs do not suffer from unnecessary pain that can be relieved. This review focusses on pain related to spontaneously occurring diseases and injuries since this topic is often neglected. The aim is to identify ways to accelerate knowledge and evidence in this area to prevent painful conditions in pigs in the future. Methods A scoping review was conducted with results from a search of the electronic databases VetSearch and CABI Rxiv. The findings of selected publications are narratively synthesized and reported orienting on the PRISMA ScR guideline. Results The results emphasize that pigs experience pain due to spontaneously occurring diseases and injuries, but systematic knowledge about this topic is scarce. More research is especially needed for rare diseases (such as UTIs). Moreover, research conducted about the topic pain in pigs should involve standardized protocols to document, analyse and share results on pain detection beyond a projects’ timeframe. The findings of this review suggest that such a protocol would comprise validated pain identification measures over time and in relation to administered pain treatment. Conclusion The results
animals Article Exploratory Survey on European Consumer and Stakeholder Attitudes towards Alternatives for Surgical Castration of Piglets Marijke Aluwé 1, *, Evert Heyrman 1 , João M. Almeida 2 , Jakub Babol 3 , Gianni Battacone 4 , Jaroslav Čítek 5 , Maria Font i Furnols 6 , Andriy Getya 7 , Danijel Karolyi 8 , Eliza Kostyra 9 , Kevin Kress 10 , Goran Kušec 11 , Daniel Mörlein 12 , Anastasia Semenova 13 , Martin Škrlep 14 , Todor Stoyanchev 15 , Igor Tomašević 16 , Liliana Tudoreanu 17 , Maren Van Son 18 , Sylwia Żakowska-Biemans 9 , Galia Zamaratskaia 19 , Alice Van den Broeke 1 and Macarena Egea 20 1 Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Animal Sciences Unit, 9090 Melle, Belgium; evert.heyrman@ilvo.vlaanderen.be (E.H.); alice.vandenbroeke@ilvo.vlaanderen.be (A.V.d.B.) 2 Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV), Quinta da Fonte Boa, 2005-048 Vale de Santarém, Portugal; joaoalmeida@iniav.pt 3 Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7015, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden; jakub.babol@slu.se 4 Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, Viale Italia 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy; battacon@uniss.it 5 Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), Kamycka 129, 16500 Prague, Czech Republic; citek@af.czu.cz 6 Institute for Food and Agriculture Research and Technology (IRTA), Product Quality Program, Finca Camps i Armet, 17121 Monells, Girona, Spain; maria.font@irta.cat 7 Animal Breeding Department, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NULES), Henerala Rodimtseva 19, 03041 Kyiv, Ukraine; getya@ukr.net 8 Department of Animal
animals Article Exploratory Survey on European Consumer and Stakeholder Attitudes towards Alternatives for Surgical Castration of Piglets Marijke Aluwé 1, *, Evert Heyrman 1 , João M. Almeida 2 , Jakub Babol 3 , Gianni Battacone 4 , Jaroslav Čítek 5 , Maria Font i Furnols 6 , Andriy Getya 7 , Danijel Karolyi 8 , Eliza Kostyra 9 , Kevin Kress 10 , Goran Kušec 11 , Daniel Mörlein 12 , Anastasia Semenova 13 , Martin Škrlep 14 , Todor Stoyanchev 15 , Igor Tomašević 16 , Liliana Tudoreanu 17 , Maren Van Son 18 , Sylwia Żakowska-Biemans 9 , Galia Zamaratskaia 19 , Alice Van den Broeke 1 and Macarena Egea 20 1 Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Animal Sciences Unit, 9090 Melle, Belgium; evert.heyrman@ilvo.vlaanderen.be (E.H.); alice.vandenbroeke@ilvo.vlaanderen.be (A.V.d.B.) 2 Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV), Quinta da Fonte Boa, 2005-048 Vale de Santarém, Portugal; joaoalmeida@iniav.pt 3 Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7015, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden; jakub.babol@slu.se 4 Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, Viale Italia 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy; battacon@uniss.it 5 Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), Kamycka 129, 16500 Prague, Czech Republic; citek@af.czu.cz 6 Institute for Food and Agriculture Research and Technology (IRTA), Product Quality Program, Finca Camps i Armet, 17121 Monells, Girona, Spain; maria.font@irta.cat 7 Animal Breeding Department, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NULES), Henerala Rodimtseva 19, 03041 Kyiv, Ukraine; getya@ukr.net 8 Department of Animal