{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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Document available online at: https://www.fibl.org/en/shop-en/1676-handbook-propig.html
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 |
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| 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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