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    The effect of type of rooting material and space allowance on exploration and abnormal behaviour in growing pigs

    28-Jun-2010
    The experiment aimed to investigate the effect of type of rooting material and space allowance on explorative and abnormal behaviour in growing pigs. Thirty-six pens with partly slatted concrete floor were allocated to one of four treatments: (1) low space allowance and maize silage as rooting material, (2) high space allowance and maize silage as rooting material, (3) low space allowance and straw as rooting material, and (4) high space allowance and straw as rooting material.

    Piglet castration

    At what age can we castrate piglets? Is it possible to castrate without a general anesthetic? The new test on castration tries to resolve these doubts.

    Rooting behaviour

    17-Jun-2010

    Some sows on green pasture. One is nuzzling at the soil. There is a Saddleback boar in the background.

    European Commission will not allow a delay in implementation of the ban on the use of individual sow stalls

    02-Jun-2010
    In a letter responding to Eurogroup’s request for a clarification of the EU’s current position, the director of the Commission’s animal welfare department informs Eurogroup that the Commission “has no intention” to delay the entry into force of the ban on sow stalls in 2012, which was introduced in 2001 and is included in Directive 2008/120/EC on the protection of pigs.