Improving health and welfare of pigs
A handbook for organic pig farmers
Description
The handbook summarizes the expertise of farmers, consultants, scientists and technical literature for maintaining the health of pigs. The recommendations are intended to support farmers and consultants in the development of an optimal pig husbandry. By means of simple checklists, the manual lists possible causes and behavioural disorders for the major problem areas, and suggests measures for their correction.
| Pages | 92 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mirjam Holinger (FiBL), Sandra Edwards (Newcastle University), Gudrun Illmann (IAS), Christine Leeb (BOKU), Michala Melišová (IAS), Armelle Prunier (INRA), Gwendolyn Rudolph (BOKU), Barbara Früh (FiBL) |
| Publisher(s) | BOKU, FiBL, FLI, INRAe, Newcastle University (NU), Bioinstitut, CRA-SUI, Aarhus University, IAS |
| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Publication Format | Handbook |
| Version | Download only |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-3-03736-278-5 |
| Item no. | 1676 |
- Verbesserung der Tiergesundheit und des Tierwohls in der Bioschweinehaltung
- ZLEPŠOVÁNÍ ZDRAVÍ A ŽIVOTNÍ POHODY PRASAT
- Améliorer le bien-être et la santé des porcs
- Migliorare benessere e salute dei suini
- Een betere gezondheid en welzijn voor varkens
- Përmirësimi i shëndetit dhe mirëqënies së derrave
- Poboljšanje zdravlja i dobrobiti svinja
- Tierwohl und Umweltwirkungen der biologischen Schweinehaltung
- Welfare and environmental impact of organic pig production
