Sim’Alter simule le coût de l’arrêt de la castration
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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.
Animal: Pigs
Romillé passe aux maternités liberté
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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.
Un protocle de vaccination Improvac pour chaque marché
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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.
Cinq protocoles testés pour castrer les porcs mâles bio
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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).
Bonnes et meilleures pratiques pour le transport des porcs
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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
Quels bâtiments d’élevage porcin pour demain ?
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Practical factsheets summarizing the results of the European GOPEI Occitanie project, which involved all relevant stakeholders (farmers, all parts of the industry, consumers) in designing a pig farming facility that would take account of both animal welfare and environmental protection. A factsheet is provided for each rearing stage (post-weaners, fatteners, sows awaiting insemination, gestation, maternity). Each sheet includes information on feed type, housing design, good practices and environmental performance. Materials are also provided that concentrate on the associated costs, and on each good practice.
Fiche technique matériaux manipulables : Comment enrichir le milieu de vie des porcs en bâtiment?
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Factsheet outlining the behavioral needs of pigs, the regulations on manipulable enrichment materials the nature of such materials, their advantages, limitations and disadvantages, and how to be effective in providing enrichment.
Foire aux Questions ‘Bien-être des porcs’ (mise à jour mai 2022)
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These FAQs have been updated in order to provide ongoing updated clarifications of the regulations, in consultation with government and the industry, so that their application in the field can be harmonized. They are national in their scope and are strictly advisory. The present update concerns manipulable enrichment materials.
Causes of pig aggression and how to reduce it for better welfare
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Technical article reviewing the environmental and management factors that contribute to aggression between pigs housed in groups. It suggests ways to reduce aggressive episodes, including mixing piglets before weaning or grouping them after weaning, and pen management.
Centre de ressources - Castraanimal welfare
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Web page providing a single point of access to all the Ifip documents related to anaesthesia and analgesia during piglet castration
