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Breeding for resilience in finishing pigs can decrease tail biting, lameness and mortality

Breeding for resilience traits based on deviations in longitudinal weight data can decrease pigs’ tail biting wounds, lameness and mortality while improving uniformity at the pen level.

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Denmark sets new targets for pigs with intact tails

Economic compensation will be introduced to farmers who produce pigs with tails to achieve the targets approved by the Danish Parliament.

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Facilities-Equipment Abstract

Enrichment for growing pigs - Impact on behavior and skin lesions

Findings suggest that the choice of point enrichment object can influence the level of interaction, level of interest over time, activity level, and skin lesions in growing pigs.

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Comparison between intramuscular and intranasal administration of sedative drugs used for piglet castration

Intranasal application showed longer induction times, shorter recovery times and higher scores for defence and vocalisation.

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Movable floor system implemented in lactating sows.

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Innovation in slurry management: The Moving Floor system

During a recent visit to a pig farm in Sweden, 333 had the opportunity to learn first-hand about the Moving Floor system, an innovative technology for improving pig welfare and reducing emissions.

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Denmark: New pig welfare initiatives come into effect

On March 1, several measures came into force to improve the welfare of pigs.

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Sound feeding signal for gestating sows: Evaluation of an individual learning strategy and its beneficial effects in groups

This study investigates the potential of teaching gestating sows an individual sound signal to reduce aggression resulting from competition for feed access.

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Markets-EconomicsPress releases

Espresso House: new pork welfare policy

The company’s new pork welfare policy prohibits by 2030 the use of farrowing crates, sow stalls or gestation crates at any time. It also requires environmental enrichment materials and litter to be provided, prohibits tail docking, and prohibits surgical castration without the use of painkillers.

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UK: IntelliPig Project, a challenge for the future

An automated on-farm pig health monitoring system based on facial recognition.

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Gas concentration monitoring should be performed at least once per season and in at least three pens.

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Environmental and microclimatic control for swine welfare

This article describes some practices for improving environmental control and the costs involved in their implementation.

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EU presents roadmap for farming and agri-food sector

The European Commission's roadmap sets the stage for an attractive, competitive, resilient, future-oriented, and fair agri-food system.

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Blood transcriptomic differences in the immune response under stressful environmental according to stocking density

The study confirmed the biological mechanisms through immunological expression patterns according to stocking density.

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Long-term measurement of lying behavior in crates and free-farrowing pens using 3D accelerometers

This study proves the accuracy of accelerometer-based sow lying behavior classification and shows that free-farrowing systems benefit lactating sows.

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333 Academy has the pleasure to announce the collaboration with agri benchmark Academy

Join the agri benchmark Academy: Empowering the Next Generation of Pig Farmers.

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Chile modernizes biosecurity standards for swine and poultry

Chile's Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) has updated swine and poultry biosecurity regulations to strengthen animal health and international competitiveness.

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