EuroTier 2008
Theme Housing
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Drinkers tested on water use»
Reducing the amount of slurry is preferable for more
than one reason – and it has become extra topical since the introduction of the
IPPC legislation. Researchers at the Northern Irish Agri-Food and Biosciences
Institute set out to find out which ...
Contract growing turns rural lives around»
Farmers in Thailand have managed to improve their lives
by joining a contract grower system. For this purpose, the country’s largest
pork producer and processor Charoen Pokphand is running specific
programmes.
Column: what comes down from above and up from below»
Due to the adoption of all-in/ all-out, most people
are paying more attention to sanitation these days.
Column: detergents, underused in modern sanitation»
There have been some good articles in the pig press
recently about piggery sanitation, filling in the rather large gaps in this
subject in the pig textbooks I have on my shelves.
Column: detergents, underused in modern sanitation»
There have been some good articles in the pig press
recently about piggery sanitation, filling in the rather large gaps in this
subject in the pig textbooks I have on my shelves.
Group housing for sows 3. Welfare from a sow's perspective»
In the third and last episode of the series ‘Group housing for sows’, Pig Progress takes a closer look into the welfare aspects of group housing for sows. What do these systems look like when perceived through the eyes of sows?
The importance of cleaning and disinfection control»
Many pig farmers are familiar with modern cleaning and
disinfection protocols. However, these protocols are often not applied
correctly. Research done by the Animal Health Care Flanders (DGZ), Belgium,
shows that the use of microbiologic monitorin...
Group housing for sows: 2. Different housing systems examined»
Well over 20 years now, the European livestock
industry has been experimenting with loose sow housing. In short, it allows
gestating sows to walk around freely instead of spending their days in a crate
all day until farrowing. In this second episo...
Piglets get VIP treatment in Italy»
Welfare issues concerning pigs are high on the agenda
in northern Europe but generally not of great concern the further south of the
continent. However, Italian producer Giuseppe Papetti has embraced group housing
of dry sows, a loose farrowing sy...
Group housing for sows»
Welfare issues concerning pig housing are becoming
prominent in North America. The US and Canada are rapidly moving away from the
use of gestation crates for sows – following similar developments in the
European Union six years ago. In this series...
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