Jan 22 2025 10 mins
In this episode of The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast, Mary Lisa Kasakamu, a graduate research assistant at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, shares her insights into optimizing pig welfare during transportation. Focusing on early-life exposure to ramps as environmental enrichment, she discusses how her research impacts stress reduction for pigs and improves handler safety. Listen now on all major podcast platforms!
"Our study found that pigs exposed to ramps navigated loading ramps faster, reducing overall loading time."
𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Mary Lisa Kasakamu is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, specializing in Animal Health, Welfare, and Precision Livestock Technologies. With a Master’s in Animal Sciences from North Dakota State University, her research focuses on swine production, behavior, and welfare.
What you will learn:
- (00:00) Highlight
- (00:40) Introduction
- (01:49) Early-life enrichment for welfare
- (02:40) Experiment setup and nursery ramp
- (04:54) Reduced loading time results
- (07:18) Impact on pig behavior
- (09:20) Practical application of ramps
- (10:07) Closing thoughts
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