Farm conditions can be stressful for pigs
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Farmed pigs appear to have less stress in their lives when they can smell the scent of lavender several times a day.
A study has found that spraying lavender oil in pig pens reduces aggression and voluntary tail biting, and increases the amount of time the pigs spend lying down.This suggests that plant extracts may help young pigs better cope with the constraints of commercial farming, it says. Albert Elmi At the University of Pisa, Italy.
Source: www.newscientist.com
