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Instant Insights: Improving Piglet Welfare (Paperback)
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Instant Insights: Improving Piglet Welfare (Paperback)
Series: Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights, 18
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This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on
improving piglet welfare. The first chapter reviews the main
welfare challenges faced during farrowing and lactation, including
the occurrence of painful husbandry procedures, such as tooth
resection, tail docking and castration. The chapter also highlights
various mitigation strategies that can be implemented to optimise
the welfare of both sows and piglets in the farrowing environment.
The second chapter addresses some of the main welfare concerns that
can arise during the weaning and nursery stage as a result of
separation between piglet and sow and exposure to a new
environment. The chapter also summarises the most important fields
of environmental, nutritional and social stress and how these
experiences can be mitigated with the correct strategies. The third
chapter considers the demand for improved welfare and animal
handling systems from governments, non-governmental organisations
and consumers. The chapter reviews recent advancements in
technology that have the potential to improve animal wellbeing,
profitability and performance during the weaning period. The final
chapter discusses the main etiological agents acting in the period
of transition from weaning, the risk factors for their introduction
and diffusion within the farm and the main measures available for
their control.
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