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Improving health and welfare of pigs - A handbook for organic pig farmers

{Tool} Improving health and welfare of pigs - A handbook for organic pig farmers. Creator(s): Holinger, Mirjam; Ayrle, Hannah; Bochicchio, Davide; Butler, Gillian; Dippel, Sabine; Edwards, Sandra; Holmes, Diane; Illmann, Gudrun; Leeb, Christine; Maupertuis, Florence; Melišová, Michala; Prunier, Armelle; Rousing, Tine; Rudolph, Gwendolyn and Früh, Barbara. Issuing Organisation(s): FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture. OK-Net EcoFeed-selected tool. (2015)

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Summary

As part of the CoreOrganic II project ProPig, researchers and advisors assessed animal health, welfare and environmental impact on 74 organic pig farms across eight European countries and in different housing systems, including outdoor, indoor and partly outdoor systems. Based on these assessments, improvement strategies were deve­loped together with pig farmers and compiled in this handbook. The recommendations are intended to guide farmers and advisors in developing pig management, housing, and feeding towards optimal animal health and welfare.


EPrint Type:Practice tool
What problem does the tool address?:Organic pig producers face the major challenge to produce pig meat of high quality and at a moderate price based on high animal health and welfare standards. To meet this challenge, farmers cannot rely on organic housing and production regulations solely, as these do not inevitably result in a good animal health and welfare status of the pigs.
What solution does the tool offer?: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.
Country:Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type of Practice Tool:Books & reports
Theme:Crop specific
Keywords:animal health, animal husbandry, swine, rations, feeding
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
animal health
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_431
English
animal husbandry
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8532
English
swine
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7555
English
rations
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6461
English
feeding
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2838
Subjects: Animal husbandry
Animal husbandry > Health and welfare
Animal husbandry > Production systems > Pigs
Research affiliation: European Union > CORE Organic II > ProPIG
Austria > Univ. BOKU Wien
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Animal > Animal health
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Animal > Pigs
Czech Republic > Bioinstitut
Czech Republic > Institute of Animal Science (VUZV)
Germany > Federal Organic Farming Scheme - BOELN > Animals > Tiergesundheit
Germany > Federal Research Institute of Animal Health - FLI
France > INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Italy > CRA - National Council of Agricultural Research
UK > Univ. Newcastle
ISBN:978-3-03736-278-5
Related Links:https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/35307, https://www.fibl.org, https://www.fibl.org/en/shop-en/article/c/pigs/p/1676-handbook-propig.html
Project ID:ofk
Deposited By: Willer, Dr. Helga
ID Code:35307
Deposited On:24 Apr 2019 06:58
Last Modified:03 Jun 2022 09:23
Document Language:English, German/Deutsch, Albanian/Shqip, Czech/Česky, Dutch/Nederlands, French/Francais, Italian/Italiano, Serbian/српски језик
Status:Published
Refereed:Not peer-reviewed

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