Instant Insights - Improving the welfare of gilts and sows

This collection reviews the range of welfare concerns that can arise in the different stages of pig production, focussing on pregnancy and parturition, breeding and gestation, and farrowing and lactation. Chapters consider best practices for mitigating welfare challenges and highlights the importance of environment and effective animal management in achieving this.

Summary

This collection reviews the range of welfare concerns that can arise in the different stages of pig production, focussing on pregnancy and parturition, breeding and gestation, and farrowing and lactation. Chapters consider best practices for mitigating welfare challenges and highlights the importance of environment and effective animal management in achieving this.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Emma M. Baxter, Dr S. Bjoerkman, S. Björkman, Prof. Sandra Edwards, Prof. Paul H. Hemsworth, C. Oliviero, Dr C. Oliviero, O A T Peltoniemi, O. A. T. Peltoniemi, Professor O. A. T. Peltoniemi
• Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.2023
• EAN: 9781801466394
• ISBN: 978-1-80146-639-4
• No. of pages: 180
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 270 g
• Series: Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights; Burleigh Dodds Science: Instan
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food