10462: Development of strategies to improve quality and safety and reduce cost of production in organic and “low input” livestock production systems
(2007) Development of strategies to improve quality and safety and reduce cost of production in organic and “low input” livestock production systems. Paper presented at 3rd QLIF Congress: Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems, University of Hohenheim, Germany, March 20-23, 2007.
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Summary
The demand for organic livestock products is still increasing. To support this growth and to help remove potential obstacles the fourth Subproject of QLIF addresses several themes related to livestock farming. In this overview paper the main results to date are presented. It briefly discusses progress made on preventative treatments against pig and poultry parasites, as well as the reduction of rodent burdens on farm. The activities on probiotics and nutribiotics experiments are listed, as are studies undertaken to improve the meat quality of pigs through different protein sources and diet composition. Finally, work is being presented aiming to reduce the incidence of mastitis, and the reduction of faecal shedding of pathogens in cattle. The overview concludes that much work has been done, but that the main task of increasing competitiveness of the organic and low-input livestock sector through the implementation of our knowledge, still lies ahead of us.
| Document Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | organic husbandry, animal health, meat quality, animal nutrition, probiotics QLIF, Veterinärparasitologie, Endoparasitenkontrolle, Prophylaxe QLIF, Phytotherapie QLIF |
| Subject Areas: | Animal husbandry > Health and welfare |
| Research affiliation: | Switzerland > FiBL > Veterinary Parasitology Netherlands > Wageningen University and Research Centre WUR > Animal Sciences Group ASG International Conferences > QLIF Congress 2007 > 4 Livestock production Germany > Univ. Kassel, Ecol. Agricultural Sciences > Animal Nutrition and Health European Union > QualityLowInputFood > Subproject 4: Livestock production systems |
| Total budget (Euro): | 0 |
| Orgprints ID Number: | 10462 |
| Contact: | Spoolder, Dr Hans |
| Deposited On: | 12 March 2007 |
| EPrint Type: | Conference paper |
| Published?: | Published |
| Type of presentation: | Paper |
| Peer Review Status: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
| Additional Publishing Information: | The final version of this paper is published in: Niggli, Urs; Leifert, Carlo; Alföldi, Thomas; Lück, Lorna and Willer, Helga, Eds. (2007) Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems. Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress of the European Integrated Project Quality Low Input Food (QLIF). University of Hohenheim, Germany, March 20 – 23, 2007. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, CH-Frick.http://orgprints.org/10417/ Printed copies may be ordered from the FiBL Shop at www.shop.fibl.org. |
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