A study of the relationships between the attitudinal and behavioural profiles of stockpersons and the level of fear of humans and reproductive performance of commercial pigs

This study examined the relationships between the attitude of the stockperson, the behaviour of the stockperson, the level of fear of humans by sows and reproductive performance at 19 commercial farms. The attitude of the stockperson was measured with respect to the stockperson's opinion of the pig's behaviour and how the stockperson evaluated his own behaviour, and the observations on the stockperson's behaviour concentrated on the nature of...