Pol Llonch

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Pol Llonch Obiols graduated in veterinary science at the Autonomous University (UAB) of Barcelona in 2007 where he also completed the MSc on Veterinary and Food Science. Afterwards, he joined the Animal Welfare Group at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Research (IRTA) to complete his doctoral studies. After obtaining his PhD, he worked for three years as a postdoctoral researcher at Warwick University and the Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). Diplomate of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine (ECAWBM). He is currently working as a researcher at the Department of Animal and Food Science of the school of veterinary science at the UAB.

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Picture 3. The nest area is a key feature of free farrowing systems. The nest allows the piglets to be safe in a confortable and secure zone and avoid sharing the same space than the sow.

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Free farrowing systems on commercial farms in Denmark and Spain

Confinement is strongly criticised by public opinion and the industry is moving towards innovative housing of lactating sows.

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Pig vision and management/handling

Pigs have a panoramic vision of 310º and binocular vision of 35-50º (Fig. 1). This means that compared to humans, pigs prioritise their lateral monocular vision and this increases their panoramic vision (greater capacity for detecting possible danger, food, other pigs, etc) and decreases their bifocal vision (greater difficulty for calculating distances).

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Free farrowing systems on commercial farms in Denmark and Spain

Pig vision and management/handling

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