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4 min video presenting the Welfare Quality® protocol, which is a reference system for the evaluation of animal welfare. Welfare Quality® protocols exist for pigs, cattle and poultry.
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This article defines stress, its causes in pig production, and its consequences for the behavior, physiology and immune response of pigs. It includes tables and figures to illustrate the mechanisms of stress responses, and the link between stressors and physiological responses in pigs.
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Opinion and collective expertise report giving the context of pig slaughtering in France, data on stunning failures in pig slaughterhouses, general principles of sampling control, design of a plan to control good pig stunning practices at the slaughterhouse by sampling.
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Factsheet outlining the regulations and suggesting animal-based indicators to confirm the death of suckling piglets during euthanasia.
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Infographic presenting the average size and number of pig farms, the 3 farming systems, rearing stages, slaughtering and processing.
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Presentation of the IFIP's Sim'Alter tool, which simulates different scenarios to stop the castration of pigs and works out their economic impacts on a farm's performance.
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Presentation of the free-range maternity units with elevator cages being tested at the IFIP's experimental station. The units have increased the number of piglets weaned, but staff required time to adapt to the new system.
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Results of a study by the Belgian ILVO research institute in Melle and Ghent University showing that the muscle content and fat cover of cuts can be adjusted to suit downstream demand through attention to the weight of uncastrated male pigs at the second
injection of the boar taint vaccine.
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Results obtained through the Casdar Farinelli project. The IFIP, ANSES, INRAE and ONIRIS created and tested five protocols. Their efficacy was assessed under experimental conditions and the most interesting were selected for feasibility testing in the field (examining time allowed between drug administration and castration, total duration of the intervention, analgesic efficacy and healing time).
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5 min 04. Good and good practices for poultry transport. Video with audio in English, but subtitled, and with slides in French
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