Environmental enrichment on the physiology, behaviour, productivity and meat quality of pigs
Straw in a rack was found to be the best material to meet the behavioural needs of pigs.
Environmental enrichment on the physiology, behaviour...of pigs
Environmental enrichment
We present you the latest in environmental enrichment techniques.
When pigs fly: Reducing injury and flight response when capturing wild pigs
We recommend using tightly spaced mesh of horse panels to reduce trap-related injuries and incorporation of trap shrouds to facilitate delivery of chemical immobilization drugs when handling wild pigs.
When pigs fly: Reducing injury and flight response when capturing wild
How can I stop the routine tail-docking of piglets?
The European regulations state that before docking tails other measures that prevent tail-biting must be implemented, and therefore a thorough risk analysis must be carried out on each farm.
SWINE NEWS
- 15JulFVE calls to prevent suffering of animals during long distance transports
- 22MayNorthern Ireland: new guide to help farmers improve the environment by reducing ammonia emissions
- 20MayChile: Handbook on good animal welfare management practices in pig production
- 16MayGerman farmers will be allowed to anaesthetise piglets to castrate them
An image is worth a thousand words... and even more when talking about farm biosecurity
Three videos that illustrate how to make an appropriate transition between several key clean and dirty zones.
Low cost, high impact biosecurity: well-defined clean and dirty zones
Let's clarify what are the clean and dirty zones and its boundaries. A series of articles will discuss how to apply segregation principles to farm zones for the prevention of pathogen entry.
Attractiveness of straw or various objects for growing pigs
The aim of the study was to compare the interest of chopped straw to growing pigs to those of various objects, either organic or not.
Attractiveness of straw or various objects for growing pigs
Can we apply principles of outdoor farming on an indoor unit? Facilities and management (II/II)
The second part of this article tells us what we can learn from sow's nesting instinct, creep-feed intake, relationship with the operator and groups formation in camping systems for use in our closed farms.
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