Welfare and performance of sows and piglets in farrowing pens with temporary crating system
Results suggested that farrowing pens with temporary crating facilitated mother-young interactions and showed a higher crushing rate.
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The beneficial effects of providing prepartum sows with nesting materials
The provision of nesting material to sows prior to farrowing can increase sow maternal care traits and piglet performance.
Meat Institute updates animal handling guidelines and audit
The Meat Institute has updated its Animal Handling Guidelines and Animal Welfare Audit to include scores for each criterion.
A bad case of tail biting
This is one of the most horrifying cases of tail biting ever recorded...
Effect of postweaning feed intake on performance, intestinal morphology, and the probability of diarrhea in piglets
From their respective academic and on-farm perspectives, Josep Gasa and Josep Casanovas comment on a recent study about the effect of postweaning feed intake.
333 Emerging Voices: Evaluation of tail biting in pigs at the abattoir
Integrated Master's Dissertation in Veterinary Medicine by Alice Gomes from UTAD (Portugal) advised by Professor Madalena Vieira-Pinto.
Effects of providing sensory attractants to suckling pigs during lactation and after weaning on post-weaning growth performance
Environmental enrichment with cubes appears to have the greatest effect when applied post-weaning whereas flavor attractants appear to have the greatest effect when applied both pre- and post-weaning.
Want to quantify your farm's biosecurity level? Do it on Pig333 with Biocheck
Biocheck is an innovative tool that objectively quantifies and compares the level of biosecurity on swine farms, identifying areas for improvement.
Effect of method of drying piglets at birth on rectal temperature over the first 24 h after birth
Results suggest that drying piglets at birth is an effective method to reduce rectal temperature decline in the early postnatal period, especially for low birth weight piglets.
Animal depopulation resiliency check-in tool training video available from AASV
The tool is a 5-question public health protocol for stakeholders who are preparing for, participating in, and recovering from animal depopulation.
Vaginal and vestibular electrical resistance as an alternative marker for optimum timing of artificial insemination
Change in electrical resistance in the vagina has the potential to accurately predict ovulation timing, but more work is required.
333 participates in the European project WelFarmers
333 has been chosen to manage communications throughout the project and as a home for all the dissemination materials generated.
Is it practically possible to phase out tail docking in piglets?
Professor Pejsak’s view on tail docking: Is it ethically justified and practically possible to phase out this practice in piglets?
WelFarmers: European project to award best practice in pig welfare
The EU-funded project ‘WelFarmers’, involving 17 partners from 8 European countries, will award farms with best practices in animal welfare and disseminate the results.
Tip: Book to record weekly matings
In this logbook, each page corresponds to a week of the year in which all the matings during the week are recorded.
WelFarmers: The best practices in welfare for pigs
Pig farmers, research centers and higher education institutions will be working together in the EU-funded project ‘WelFarmers’ where more than 50% of the pig production in Europe is represented in the consortium formed by eight European countries.