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Page 54 of articles about behaviour-welfare

Netherlands - New sustainable pig farm prototypes

Scientists at the Wageningen University's Animal Sciences Group (ASG) presented a brochure called 'Varkansen'. The research, conducted at the request of Dutch agriculture minister Gerda Verburg, developed three designs for more sustainability in pig production; in translation called the Pagode, the Pillar and the Pearl.

USA - AMI foundation releases 2010 edition of Animal Care & Handling Guidelines

Authored by Colorado State University Professor of Animal Science Temple Grandin, Ph.D., with the Institute's Animal Welfare Committee, the 2010 edition includes an important new transportation audit that measures key animal welfare factors on trucks when they arrive at meat plants and as drivers and plant personnel unload livestock.

Netherlands - Economic impact of existing regulations on farms with pigs

The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality commissioned research into the impact on the pig farmer of the necessity to comply with government measures relating to animal welfare (Pig Decree) and the environment (Ammoniac and Nitrate Directive) after the end of the transition period. Based on individual pig farms in the Farm Accountancy Data Network, it was investigated whether farms can finance the necessary investments and whether the farm will have any income after that investment. It was also investigated whether pig farms can use alternative forms of housing which require less extensive investments. The policy for which the transition period ends in 2013 has far-reaching consequences for the entire pig sector.

S. Korea to adopt international livestock welfare guidelines

South Korea plans to introduce international guidelines on improving livestock welfare to reflect current trends supporting the humane treatment of farm animals.

USA - Ohio: Lawmakers approve livestock board

The Ohio House signed off on legislation establishing the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board, the next step in the process following voter approval of the issue in November.

Conditions for breeding at fattening

Do the accommodation conditions for your fattening pigs comply with the welfare normatives? Find out with the new test on welfare during fattening.

Aggression in replacement grower and finisher gilts fed a short-term high-tryptophan diet and the effect of long-term human–animal interaction

Provision of enhanced TRP diet reduced behavioural activity and aggressiveness of grower gilts, and these results are likely mediated by activation of brain serotonergic system. Short-term high-TRP dietary supplementation may be used to reduce aggression at mixing in young pigs.

European Union - Animal welfare: step up inspections and penalties to ensure compliance

EU animal welfare rules must be more rigorously enforced, with more inspections and effective penalties, said the Agriculture Committee. It nonetheless welcomed a reduction in harmful antibiotics in animal feed, further to an EU ban.

Surgical castration without anesthesia

Approximately 80% of the 120 million male pigs that are slaughtered every year in the European Union are castrated (EFSA, 2004).

Commission sends Reasoned Opinion to Spain on animal transport

After recent Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) inspection missions to Spain, the Commission considers that there is a systematic and persistent failure of the Spanish authorities to comply with the relevant EU provisions.

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Richard Longthorp, Pig Farmer

Richard can tell you a thing or two about pigs. Hes been rearing them for the last 20 years on his farms in East Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. Hes also well known in the industry as a tireless campaigner for improved training and higher standards of animal welfare.

Jyden Bur: Free stall system for the European market

As of 2013, the European Union has made new requirements for gestated sows. The ordinary static crate will be phased out by law but there are other solutions. A high level of efficiency, an improved working environment and more animal welfare is the outcome of the popular and flexible gestation crate, JB5000 from Jyden Bur – a Danish company with an international perspective.

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Conditions for breeding during weaning

The new test in the welfare section is dedicated to conditions during weaning.

New Zealand - Feedback sought on draft code of welfare for pigs

The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) has completed a review of the Animal Welfare (Pigs) Code of Welfare 2005 and a draft code has been released for public consultation.

European Union - Animal welfare labelling and the establishment of a European Network of Reference Centres

The European Union Agriculture and Fisheries Council held an exchange of views on the Commission's report "Options for animal welfare labelling and the establishment of a European Network of Reference Centres for the protection and welfare of animals".

Conditions for gestating sows in groups

A new instalment of the test on animal welfare in swine herds. This test evaluates your knowledge on the welfare of gestating sows allotted in groups.