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Breeding for undocked pigs and a reduced risk of tail injuries
Project
Project code: EIP-Agri-2021-BW-THGR
Contract period: 01.01.2019
- 31.12.2021
Budget: 1,046,637 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: animal husbandry, genetic resource
Keeping undocked pigs poses a major challenge for farm. But intact tails are a step towards animal-friendly, socially acceptable porc production. Good robustness of healthy pigs makes it easier to avoid tail docking. in addition to husbandry, feeding and herd management, genetics have an impact on te health status of the pigs. Animal welfare is one of the highest relevance throughout the breeding stage. Therefore, animal welfare characteristics that can be edited by breeding should be identified and includet in the breeding programs of the rural herdbook breeds of the Baden-Württemberg Pig Breeding Association. The breeds German Landrace, Large White, Piétrain and Duroc as well as crosses from the parent breeds are included. Furthermore, an automated, digital survey of the new traits is being developed and tested, which is intended to form the basis for establishing an economic performance test.
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Subjects
- Animal Husbandry
- Animal health
