Effects of stocking density and illuminance in lairage of fattening pigs in different temperatures
Stocking at too-high density at high temperatures and stocking of too-low density at low temperatures affect meat quality and animal welfare.
articles about temperature
Key questions about heat stress: Growth and meat quality
How does heat stress affect animal growth and meat quality?
Key questions about heat stress: Fertility and productivity
This installment focuses on the effects of heat stress on sow fertility.
How to combat heat stress in pigs
Pigs are particularly vulnerable to heat stress due to their limited ability to dissipate body heat and genetic selection for higher productivity, which has reduced their heat tolerance. Improved technical results increase heat production, and today's lines produce 30% more heat than those in the 1980s.
Key questions about heat stress: Digestive system
In this installment, we will discover how heat stress affects the digestive tract of pigs.
Heat wave in the Northern Hemisphere
It's important to help our animals combat heat stress (and the farm staff, too).
Nutrition and feeding management strategies to mitigate heat stress in lactating sows
The study confirms the negative impact of both chronic and acute heat stress on feed intake in lactating sows and validates nutritional and management strategies to mitigate it.
Ventilation problems
Adjusting ventilation on the farm is harder than in an office!
Key questions about heat stress: Physiology and behavior
How does heat stress affect our pigs? This four-part question-and-answer series will give us an in-depth understanding of this key aspect of pig production.
Mitigating heat stress in pigs: effects of an additive-enriched diet on performance, health, and water intake during hot weather
Osmoprotectants and antioxidant supplementation may reduce the negative impact of heat stress in growing finishing pigs.
Denmark: New pig welfare initiatives come into effect
On March 1, several measures came into force to improve the welfare of pigs.
Allen D. Leman Swine Conference 2024 Summary: Reproduction and production
Antonio Palomo summarizes the swine production and reproduction presentations from the latest Allen D. Leman Swine Conference 2024.
Environmental and microclimatic control for swine welfare
This article describes some practices for improving environmental control and the costs involved in their implementation.
EuroTier Animal Welfare Award 2024
As part of the EuroTier Innovation Award scheme, this year’s distinction “Animal Welfare Award” goes to the company Cow-Welfare.
Summary of the 27th IPVS and 15th ESPHM-ECPHM: Reproduction, welfare, and nutrition
In this third installment, Antonio Palomo summarizes the papers presented on reproduction, nutrition, precision livestock farming, and other aspects of swine production.
Lactation feeding management greatly determines the success of the following cycle (I). Factors related to water consumption and the prefarrowing period
This article demonstrates the effects of drinking water temperature and feeding management in sows to optimize performance in farrowing and lactation.