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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Pig welfare indicators collected from on outdoor pig farms in Ireland |
| License | CC BY-NC-SA | Teagasc Department | Pig Development |
| Teagasc Programme | Animal and Grassland |
| Description | The dataset contains details of a number of measurements collected from individual pigs who were more than 3 months old, on 20 outdoor pig farms in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The health and welfare measurements were collected using visual scoring scales, and cortisol concentrations in faeces and hair were calculated using laboratory techniques. |
| Language | English |
| Principal Investigator (PI) | Laura Boyle |
| Principal Investigator (PI) email | laura.boyle@teagasc.ie |
| Principal Investigator (PI) ORCID | 0000-0001-7080-1776 |
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| Geographic coverage | Farms were located across the island of Ireland |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.82253/9xzs-k183 |
| Citation | Boyle, L., Senanayake, N., Menant, O., O’Driscoll, K., Butler, F., Peyrard, É., Frigerio, L., Ducher, C. and Soler, L. (2026) Pig welfare indicators collected from outdoor pig farms in Ireland [dataset]. Teagasc Open Data Platform. DOI: https://doi.org/10.82253/9xzs-k183 |
| Rights notes | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en |
| Project funders | This study was funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in Ireland (Grant number 2021R600). |
| Time of data collection | February to December 2023 |