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List of works by Marek Špinka

Allosuckling in domestic pigs: Teat acquisition strategy and consequences

Begging for Milk: Evolution of Teat Massaging in Suckling Pigs

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

Calling by domestic piglets during simulated crushing and isolation: a signal of need?

scientific article

Computer-aided method for calculating animal configurations during social interactions from two-dimensional coordinates of color-marked body parts.

scientific article published in August 2001

Cross-suckling and nursing synchronisation in group housed lactating sows

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Decoding of Baby Calls: Can Adult Humans Identify the Eliciting Situation from Emotional Vocalizations of Preverbal Infants?

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Different outcomes of sperm competition in right and left sides of the female reproductive tract revealed by thymidine-3H-labeled spermatozoa in the rat

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Dimensions of maternal behaviour characteristics in domestic and wild×domestic crossbred sows

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Do domestic pigs prefer short-term to medium-term confinement?

Early vocal ontogeny in a polytocous mammal: no evidence of social learning among sibling piglets, Sus scrofa

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Effects of early play experience on play behaviour of piglets after weaning

Emotional contagion of distress in young pigs is potentiated by previous exposure to the same stressor.

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Encoding of situations in the vocal repertoire of piglets (Sus scrofa): a comparison of discrete and graded classifications.

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Expression of Emotional Arousal in Two Different Piglet Call Types

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Fluctuating asymmetry as an animal welfare indicator -- a review of methodology and validity.

scientific article published on 3 March 2007

Functional view on udder massage after milk let-down in pigs

article by Marek Špinka & Bo Algers published June 1995 in Applied Animal Behaviour Science

General Principles for the welfare of animals in production systems: the underlying science and its application.

scientific article published on 27 July 2013

Head rotations in the play of Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus entellus): description and analysis of function

scientific article published on 01 February 2008

Human perception of vocalizations of domestic piglets and modulation by experience with domestic pigs (Sus scrofa).

scientific article published in February 2010

Humans (Homo sapiens) judge the emotional content of piglet (Sus scrofa domestica) calls based on simple acoustic parameters, not personality, empathy, nor attitude toward animals

scientific article published on 23 March 2015

Individual stability in vocalization rates of pre-weaning piglets.

scientific article published on 25 January 2018

Influence of massage during simulated non-nutritive nursings on piglets' milk intake and weight gain

article by Gudrun Illmann et al published January 1998 in Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Intersucking in dairy heifers during the first two years of life

Long-term familiarity creates preferred social partners in dairy cows

Mammalian play: training for the unexpected.

scientific article published in June 2001

Mapping farm animal welfare education at university level in Europe

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Maternal behaviour of domestic sows and crosses between domestic sows and wild boar

Mathematical Model of Synchronization of Behaviour in Pairs

Milk ejection solicitations and non-nutritive nursings: an honest signaling system of need in domestic pigs?

scientific article published in 2011

NURSING BEHAVIOUR AND NURSING VOCALISATIONS IN DOMESTIC SOWS: REPEATABILITY AND RELATIONSHIP WITH MATERNAL INVESTMENT

Nursing behaviour of sows during 5 weeks lactation and effects on piglet growth

Ontogeny of individual and litter identity signaling in grunts of piglets

scientific article

Oxytocin, prolactin and somatostatin in lactating sows: associations with mobilisation of body resources and maternal behaviour

article published in 2004

Pay respect to the elders: age, more than body mass, determines dominance in female beef cattle

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Predictability of nursings without milk ejection in domestic pigs

article by Gudrun Illmann et al published January 1999 in Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Prolactin and insulin levels in lactating sows in relation to nursing frequency☆

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

Response of dairy cows and calves to early separation: Effect of calf age and visual and auditory contact after separation

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Revisiting play elements and self-handicapping in play: a comparative ethogram of five Old World monkey species.

scientific article published in August 2009

Sow activity level, frequency of standing-to-lying posture changes and anti-crushing behaviour—within sow-repeatability and interactions with nursing behaviour and piglet performance

Suckling behaviour of young dairy calves with their own and alien mothers

Synchronization of behaviour in pairs: the role of communication and consequences in timing

article by Iva Dostálková & Marek Špinka published December 2007 in Animal Behaviour

The effect of age at separation from the dam and presence of social companions on play behavior and weight gain in dairy calves

scientific article published on 4 June 2015

The effect of time of day on sperm competition and male reproductive success in laboratory rats

scientific article published on March 1990

When to go with the crowd: modelling synchronization of all-or-nothing activity transitions in grouped animals.

scientific article published on 11 January 2010

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