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Weekly Overview: End in Sight for Sow Stalls in Canada
2014-03-10 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Canada has a new Code of Practice on pig welfare that spells the end of sow stalls as well as including new standards for pain control and environment enrichment, writes Jackie Linden. It has been generally welcomed by the industry and animal welfare campaigners. Six out of 10 Australian sows are now in group housing systems, it was revealed last week.
Animal Welfare Group Responds to Canada's Ban on Sow Stalls
2014-03-07 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - Humane Society International/Canada welcomes the release of the ground-breaking new pork industry Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs, which includes a ban on continuously confining pregnant sows in gestation crates.
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Pork Producers in Australia are Making Progress in Transitioning of Sow Housing
2014-03-06 15:32:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Meatingplace.com Recently, Australias pork producers announced results from an interim survey which shows that over 60 percent of sows are now housed in what the group defines as gestation stall-free," housing. read more
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Australia's Pig Breeders Abandon Sow Stalls
2014-03-06 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
AUSTRALIA - More than 60 per cent of the country's sows are now kept in group housing systems, according to the results of a survey revealed at this week's ABARES Outlook conference this week.
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High and Low Sow Longevity
2014-02-27 20:52:00| National Hog Farmer
By Billy Flowers, Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC High replacement rates for first- (P1) and second-parity (P2) sows have skewed current parity structures on most sow farms towards younger, less productive females. As a result, herd productivity is being limited because females are culled before they reach their peak periods of reproductive performance. read more
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