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4893: Organic pig production in free range systems

Sundrum, Albert and Weissmann, Friedrich, Eds. (2005) Organic pig production in free range systems. Proceedings of Outdoor systems with fattening pigs – status quo and future developments in Western European countries, Trenthorst, 18. December 2003. Landbauforschung Völkenrode (FAL Agricultural Research): Sonderheft (Special Issue) no. 281. Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft, FAL (Federal Agricultural Research Centre).

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Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Preface
A. Sundrum and F. Weissmann
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Integration of organic pig production into land use
J. E. Hermansen
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Behaviour, performance and carcass quality of three genotypes of growing-finishing pigs in outdoor pig production in Austria: A pilot study
Simone Laister and S. Konrad
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Performance, carcass and meat quality of different pig genotypes in an extensive outdoor fattening system on grass clover in organic farming
F. Weissmann, G. Biedermann and A. Klitzing
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Fattening pigs in an outdoor system as a part of the crop rotation within organic farming: Growth performance and carcass yield
Antje Farke and A. Sundrum
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Integration of organic pig production within crop rotation: Implications on nutrient losses
M. Quintern
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Outdoor pig farming in the Netherlands
H. van der Mheen and H. Vermeer
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Documentation of animal health in organic pig herds: A case study
Marianne Bonde, N. P. Baadsgaard and J. T. Sørensen

Document Language:English
Keywords:organic outdoor pigs, soil, nutrient losses, crop rotation, behaviour, performance, carcass quality, meat quality, animal health
Subject Areas: Animal husbandry > Production systems > Pigs
Research affiliation: Germany > Federal Agricultural Research Centre FAL > Organic Agriculture OEL-FAL
Germany > Univ. Kassel, Ecol. Agricultural Sciences > Animal Nutrition and Health
Orgprints ID Number:4893
Contact:Weißmann, Dr. Friedrich
Deposited On:14 June 2005
EPrint Type:Proceedings
Published?:Published
Online at:http://www.fal.de/dokumente/fallit/zi037415.pdf
Peer Review Status:Not peer-reviewed

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