A professor of agriculture with Newcastle University says when changing sow housing to improve animal welfare you want to avoid creating a system that’s worse for the animal.
The chair of the National Farm Animal Care Council’s Pig Code Development Committee says the proposed elimination of gestation stalls for housing pregnant sows is raising both economic and animal welfare concerns.
Changes proposed to Canada’s Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs in the area of sow housing are raising financial, operational and animal welfare concerns.
A new device developed by the University of Guelph to provide humane euthanasia to piglets is now commercially available.
Research conducted by Texas Tech University has shown using extra amounts of bedding when transporting pigs offers no benefit to the pig and actually negatively impacts the welfare of the animal in the summertime.
An animal science professor with Colorado State University is encouraging livestock producers to make use of youtube to show the public what happens day to day on their farms.
