This page provides articles on housing mangement for pigs. Housing management is increasingly important because it has a major influence on animal health. Pigs that don't have good housing facilities, will be more affected by animal diseases. Appropriate housing management also enhances efficiency and animal welfare.
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Recuperate or eliminate?
At high health pig farms in the Netherlands, an early farewell to sick piglets is a widely discussed topic at the moment. However, also on regular farms, experts advise to put sick animals down earlier.
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Era of new emission standards
As of October 2007, the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) measures had to be fully implemented in the European member states. These measures certainly had farstretching consequences for pig producers all throughout Europe. How to meet the new emission standards? read more >
Pigs could be going very green
Worldwide, around 1 billion pigs that are grown annually for meat production are essential for human nutrition. Yet, pig production contributes significantly to all kind of environmental and social issues. What on earth can be done to bring back balance? Can pigs go ‘green’? read more >
Group housing for sows
Well over 20 years now, the European livestock industry has been experimenting with loose sow housing. In short, it allows gestating sows to walk around freely instead of spending their days in a crate all day until farrowing. In this second episode of the series ‘Group housing for sows’, Pig Progress investigates the two most common sow management systems. read more >
Controlling the air inside
Building manufacturers have very little to do with genetics, nutrition or management, but certainly they can impact the health and well-being of the animals.When building a pig house, emphasis is needed on ventilation and insulation. read more >
Preweaning housing effects on behavior and physiological measures in pigs during the suckling and fattening periods
The effect of the preweaning housing system on the stress response of pigs before weaning and during fattening was studied in 33 litters of domestic pigs. Three preweaning housing systems were compared: barren crate (standard farrowing crate without straw), enriched crate (20% larger crate, with straw), and as a control, a farrowing pen (pen, 60% larger than the barren crate, with straw). read more >
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