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Government to Cull Sows for Price Stabilisation
2013-04-18 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
SOUTH KOREA - The government is planning to cull up to 100,000 female hogs in their child-bearing years to help stabilise pork prices, which have fallen by nearly one third in just seven months, said the agriculture minister.
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Exercising Pregnant Sows Could Impact Future Fertility
2013-03-12 15:47:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: American Society of Animal Science A presentation at the Midwest Animal Science meeting in Des Moines this week indicated that walking gestating sows might improve the fertility of Yorkshire pigs. According to research presented by Samantha Kaminski, a graduate student at North Dakota State University, swine fetuses showed significant ovarian development after their mothers exercised. read more
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Research Shows Rubber Mats Stimulates Increased Exercise Among Group Housed Sows
2013-03-08 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - Research conducted at the Prairie Swine Centre suggests the use of rubber mats in group sow housing systems improves comfort and stimulates increased exercise, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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Rubber Mats Stimulate Exercise by Group-housed Sows
2013-03-08 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - Research conducted at the Prairie Swine Centre suggests the use of rubber mats in group sow housing systems improves comfort and stimulates increased exercise, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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EC Increases Pressure to Enforce Group Housing of Sows
2013-02-22 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - The European Commission, via a letter of formal notice, called on Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Portugal to take action to address deficiencies in the implementation of EU legislation concerning the welfare of animals, and specifically to implement Directive 2008/120/EC which requires that sows are kept in groups during part of their pregnancy.
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