@unpublished{orgprints13351, title = {Performance of organic and low input livestock systems: a matter of sound design? }, author = {Hans Spoolder and Bruno Biavati and Fred Borgsteede and David Davies and Peter Klocke and Veronika Maurer and Philip Nagel and Phillipa Nicholas and Marinus van Krimpen and Helena Mejer and Monica Modesto and Gian Paolo Strozzi and Stig Milan Thamsborg and Herman Vermeer and Jan-Paul Wagenaar and Werner Zollitsch and Albert Sundrum}, year = {2008}, keywords = {animal husbandry, animla heakth, pigs, parasite control, Ascaris suum, rodent control, Oesophagostomum dentatum}, url = {http://orgprints.org/13351/}, abstract = {The QLIF project has targeted a variety of issues to make organic animal production (dairy cattle, pig, poultry) more safe, develop alternative methods to promote animal health and improve product quality. This workshop will discuss these aims as well as the QLIF achievements to date. It will also address our way of assessing the quality of our organic farms. We ask the question what the advantages are of doing this by looking at the output of a farm, such as yield, animal welfare and environmental issues. Alternatively, we also want to know what benefits there are in looking at how the farm is organised, via input factors such as housing design, nutrition, management quality. Two invited speakers will state their preference. Legislation, certification and consumer perceptions wil be addressed.} }