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Associations between pig leg health and lean meat growth in commercial organic herds

Wallenbeck, A.; Eliasson, C. and Alarik, M. (2013) Associations between pig leg health and lean meat growth in commercial organic herds. In: Løes, Anne-Kristin; Askegaard, Margrethe; Langer, Vibeke; Partanen, Kirsi; Pehme, Sirli; Rasmussen, Ilse A.; Salomon, Eva; Sørensen, Peter; Ullvén, Karin and Wivstad, Maria (Eds.) Organic farming systems as a driver for change, NJF Report, no. 9 (3), pp. 167-168.

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Summary

Sustainable development of organic pig production needs to include both animal welfare and productivity aspects. Knowledge about associations between animal welfare and productivity could be a key for constructive, long-term development of organic as well as conventional pig production systems. Poor leg health is considered a central animal welfare issue in organic pig production in Sweden. The preliminary results presented in this paper indicate that pigs in organic herds with more severe leg problems have poorer lean meat growth. However, the majority of the lame pigs had milder forms of leg problems, which were not found to be associated with lean meat growth.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Paper
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
Organic husbandry
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36807
English
Animal welfare
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_443
English
Meat performance
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_32877
English
Productivity
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6210
English
Animal health
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_431
Subjects: Animal husbandry > Health and welfare
Animal husbandry > Production systems > Pigs
Research affiliation: International Conferences > 2013: NJF Seminar 461 - Organic farming systems as a driver for change
ISSN:1653-2015
Deposited By: Sørensen, Peter
ID Code:24597
Deposited On:06 Nov 2013 21:30
Last Modified:06 Nov 2013 21:30
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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