{"id":432732,"date":"2022-04-16T18:40:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/researchers-decode-pigs-well-being-through-oinks-and-grunts\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T18:40:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T15:40:01","slug":"researchers-decode-pigs-well-being-through-oinks-and-grunts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/researchers-decode-pigs-well-being-through-oinks-and-grunts\/","title":{"rendered":"#Researchers decode pigs&#8217; well-being through oinks and grunts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39b4be3e7e5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39b4be3e7e5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/researchers-decode-pigs-well-being-through-oinks-and-grunts\/#%E2%80%9CResearchers_decode_pigs_well-being_through_oinks_and_grunts%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Researchers decode pigs&#8217; well-being through oinks and grunts&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CResearchers_decode_pigs_well-being_through_oinks_and_grunts%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Researchers decode pigs&#8217; well-being through oinks and grunts&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/pigs-express-positive.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/pigs-express-positive.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Pigs express positive feelings in short grunts.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/pigs-express-positive.jpg\" alt=\"Pigs express positive feelings in short grunts\" title=\"Pigs express positive feelings in short grunts.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Pigs express positive feelings in short grunts.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>European researchers have developed a way of decoding the feelings of pigs through their grunts, oinks and squeals in a project aimed at improving animal welfare.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Biologists studied over 7,000 recordings from 411 pigs, from the brief squeaks of satisfaction at feeding time to the desperate cries at slaughter, before classifying them into 19 different categories.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We show that it&#8217;s possible basically to figure out the emotions of the pigs according to their vocalizations,&#8221; project leader Elodie Briefer, a lecturer at the University of Copenhagen, told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The project, split between Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, France and the Czech Republic and published in the journal <i>Scientific Reports<\/i>, offers a new way of improving animal welfare by laying the groundwork for a tool that can categorize an emotion based on the noise produced, according to the researcher.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We also run a machine learning algorithm&#8230; which produces a spectrogram, then it is trained to recognize negative and positive contexts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Once developed, the new tool would allow farmers, who today can mostly only check the physical well-being of the animals, to monitor their mental health.<\/p>\n<p>The researcher said if the negative squeals increase, the farmer would be alerted that something was wrong and could check.<\/p>\n<p>The Scandinavian country is home to 13.2 million pigs\u2014making it the leader in Europe with over two per capita\u2014and for the Danish Agriculture and Food Council the implications of the study are promising.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This concept&#8230; could potentially be a useful tool among others in the work to monitor the health and well-being of pigs,&#8221; Trine Vig, a spokeswoman for the council, said.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;They&#8217;re very vocal&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to Briefer they reached &#8220;92 percent accuracy of classifying the valence&#8230; (or) whether the call is negative or positive, and 82 percent accuracy in classifying the actual context in which the sounds were produced&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>According to the findings, positive feelings are expressed in short grunts, while negative sentiments are most often expressed with longer sounds.<\/p>\n<p>But why focus on the pig rather than a cow or a rabbit?<\/p>\n<p>For the authors of the study, the pig, known for its wide range of squeaks and noises, was the perfect match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re very vocal, which makes them easier to study,&#8221; the researcher said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They produce vocalizations all the time, even in a low intensity situation, they would still vocalize.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Decoding pig emotions with a machine learning algorithm\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Elodie F. 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