Gilt backfat thickness in late pregnancy, mammary development and piglet growth
Do gilts with greater backfat thickness produce more milk?
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Effect of lactation length on piglet performance until slaughter
Results show the importance of lactation length on piglets’ BW variability. Weaning at 25.5 d, equivalent to 7 kg BW, optimizes slaughtering pig performance.
Thai meat exporters underline humane farming
Thailand’s Department of Livestock Development (DLD) and meat exporters reassured that farm animals are treated by humane practices in line with internationally recognized standards.
SPACE 2019 : The programme
The programme of conferences and meetings at SPACE will once again be full and varied, with nearly 70 conferences and meetings already confirmed.
Nurse sow strategies: Consequences for sow welfare
No difference was detected between nurse sows and non-nurse sows in body condition or severity of lesions.
Building on farmers' knowledge and practice
The Myanmar Pig Partnership has begun a series of participatory, fortnightly Farm Management Workshops which include visits to participants’ farms.
Pig castration: Where are we at in finding alternatives?
The easy and realistic solution is to produce entire boars or to immunocastrate. However, there are countries who are leaning more toward anesthesia.
Yingzi Technology and China Mobile join forces to deliver China’s first 5G farming platform
Yingzi Technology and 18 intelligent farming and animal husbandry innovation companies jointly launched the China Animal Husbandry Association Intelligent Animal Husbandry Branch, which is the world's first intelligent animal husbandry organization.
Shower-in and shower-in plus bench entry protocols for prevention of contamination in a swine facility
The objective was to determine if the addition of a bench entry system in a commercial swine facility with a shower lowers the risk of personnel introducing environmental contamination.
When pigs fly: Reducing injury and flight response when capturing wild pigs
We recommend using tightly spaced mesh of horse panels to reduce trap-related injuries and incorporation of trap shrouds to facilitate delivery of chemical immobilization drugs when handling wild pigs.
German farmers will be allowed to anaesthetise piglets to castrate them
The German Cabinet has ratified the regulation through which the German farmers will be able to anaesthetise their piglets with isofluorane to eliminate pain during castration.
How can I stop the routine tail-docking of piglets?
The European regulations state that before docking tails other measures that prevent tail-biting must be implemented, and therefore a thorough risk analysis must be carried out on each farm.
Big Dutchman: CulinaCup & CulinaFlex pro
Innovative feeding systems for suckling pigs – hygienic, efficient, animal-friendly.
The Netherlands will subsidise the farmers that quit farming
The Minister of Agriculture, Ms Carola Schouten, bets for a sustainable pig production and for reducing the risks for health and the environment in high-density areas. The pigs farms that cause trouble and wish to quit theur activity will have the chance to opt for subsidies.
Belgium strengthens animal welfare at the abattoirs
As published by Le Soir, Flanders will have its own mobile team for the control of welfare at the abattoirs.
Attractiveness of straw or various objects for growing pigs
The aim of the study was to compare the interest of chopped straw to growing pigs to those of various objects, either organic or not.