Classification of pig calls produced from birth to slaughter according to their emotional valence and context of production

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  • Mandel-Briefer, Elodie Floriane
  • Ciara C.-R. Sypherd
  • Pavel Linhart
  • Lisette M. C. Leliveld
  • Monica Padilla de la Torre
  • Eva R. Read
  • Carole Guérin
  • Véronique Deiss
  • Chloé Monestier
  • Jeppe H. Rasmussen
  • Marek Špinka
  • Sandra Düpjan
  • Alain Boissy
  • Andrew M. Janczak
  • Edna Hillmann
  • Céline Tallet

Vocal expression of emotions has been observed across species and could provide a non-invasive and reliable means to assess animal emotions. We investigated if pig vocal indicators of emotions revealed in previous studies are valid across call types and contexts, and could potentially be used to develop an automated emotion monitoring tool. We performed an analysis of an extensive and unique dataset of low (LF) and high frequency (HF) calls emitted by pigs across numerous commercial contexts from birth to slaughter (7414 calls from 411 pigs). Our results revealed that the valence attributed to the contexts of production (positive versus negative) affected all investigated parameters in both LF and HF. Similarly, the context category affected all parameters. We then tested two different automated methods for call classification; a neural network revealed much higher classification accuracy compared to a permuted discriminant function analysis (pDFA), both for the valence (neural network: 91.5%; pDFA analysis weighted average across LF and HF (cross-classified): 61.7% with a chance level at 50.5%) and context (neural network: 81.5%; pDFA analysis weighted average across LF and HF (cross-classified): 19.4% with a chance level at 14.3%). These results suggest that an automated recognition system can be developed to monitor pig welfare on-farm.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer3409
TidsskriftScientific Reports
Vol/bind12
Antal sider10
ISSN2045-2322
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2022

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Funding Information:
We are grateful to Roger Mundry for providing us with the pDFA script and to Lorenz Gygax for statistical advice. This article is part of the SoundWel project funded by the Era-Net ANIHWA (French National Agency for Research ANR 30001199 (CT, CG, ERR, CM, AB)); Czech Ministry of Agriculture MZE-RO0718 (MS, PL); Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office 2.16.04 (EFB, EH); German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture through the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food 2815ERA04D (LL, JHR, SD); Norwegian Food Safety Authority FOTS 12021 (AMJ, MPT).

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