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Testing of a method for the alternative keeping of sows in the farrowing area compared to conventional standard methods
Project
Project code: EIP-Agri-THÜ-2019-LPTT-02
Contract period: 01.01.2019
- 31.12.2021
Budget: 61,708 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: farming practice/activity, animal husbandry
In the farrowing sector, piglet-bearing sows are usually kept in the piglet protection cage in order to keep the maternal-related piglet mortality as low as possible. With movement pens, significant changes have been made in this section, which offer the sows in particular significantly higher housing comfort. This allows the sows free movement after the sensitive phase of birth and at the same time ensures a high level of protection for the newborn piglets. By processing the innovation project, the effect of the attitude of sows in movement pens opposite the attitude in closed piglet protection cages on measurable criteria of the animal well-being, the animal health and the rearing achivement of the sows is to be seized and represented. This will enable to obtain reliable results for the implementation and transfer of these husbandry methods into broad-based agricultural sow farming being based on farm trials under practical farm conditions.
Section overview
Subjects
- Animal Husbandry
- Animal health
