Effect of pen design on tail biting in finishing pigs with intact tails
Certain pen modifications resulted in fewer tail damaged pigs and a better overall welfare assessment, despite a tendency for more tail-directed behaviour.
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Key questions of colostrum management
How should you decide if your current routines on colostrum are working? How much intake is enough?
Acquisition of a joystick-operated video task by pigs
Despite dexterity and visual constraints, pigs have the capacity to acquire a joystick-operated video-game task.
CP Foods: Humane farming model with animal welfare innovations
Charoen Pokphand Foods unveils animal welfare innovations to create a model that promote humane principles for husbandary.
Different drivers to improve farm animal welfare
How is the growing demand for greater animal welfare on farms articulated?
IPVS 2022: Brazilian pork chain strengthens welfare as a pillar of production
Correct management, considering animal welfare, seeks to minimize injuries, diseases or stress to pigs and provides greater safety for the movement of animals
Denmark publishes productivity numbers for 2020
Finishing pigs saw the biggest improvements. SEGES data for Danish productivity in 2020 show major improvement for finishing pigs...
What will Proposition 12 mean for the U.S. swine industry?
New regulation requires minimum floor space for breeding sows and bans the sale of pork in California that does not come from animals housed under these standards.
Too early to stop tail docking entirely in the Netherlands, says study
A study from Wageningen Livestock Research and Utrecht University concludes it is too early to stop tail docking entirely in The Netherlands.
Anaesthesia during castration is mandatory in Germany. How is it being implemented?
New regulations allow farmers to administer general anaesthesia to piglets via inhalation of isoflurane. This is how the German swine industry is adapting so far.
Intrauterine growth-restricted piglets can catch up on growth with pGLP-2 microspheres
Injection of pGLP-2 microspheres can be a therapeutic strategy for compensatory growth in intrauterine growth restricted piglets with low birthweights.
EU citizens’ call for gradual end to caged farming endorsed by Members of the European Parliament
Caged animal farming could be phased out in the European Union by 2027, say MEPs
Farmex: Pigging out on technology
Farmex has used technology to help farmers and managers to use technology more confidently.
PIC Sow management: Top trends to watch
Three industry veterans discuss sow management trends and offer predictions for the future.
Diarrhea in neonatal piglets: management practices
Is it best to separate gilts from sows? Which biosecurity measures are most important? In this article, four renowned veterinarians discuss their recommendations.
Post-insemination management guidelines for swine
To conclude this series of articles, swine reproduction and artificial insemination specialist Javier Gil explains the importance of proper post-service management in terms of when to move sows and how to feed them.