Conséquence du sexage ou non des porcs et de la période de rationnement sur les performances en engraissement

Effects of pig sexing and the period of restricted feed supply on growth performance

The effect of pig sexing on growth performance and carcass composition was investigated under two feeding strategies.Feeding restriction was applied either at the beginning or at the end of the…

Facteurs d'optimisation du protocole de nettoyage-désinfection en élevage : importance des modalités de trempage

Poster. Afin d’optimiser encore l’efficacité et le coût du nettoyage-désinfection, l’augmentation de la durée de trempage et l’utilisation d’un agent mouillant dans l’eau de trempage restaient à évaluer.

Individual scrubber in fattening pig units: effects on odours and ammonia emissions

Poster. Gas scrubbing could be in the near future a good way to reduce ammonia and odour emissions by pig units. One limit of this treatment is the necessity of…

How attractive must be the objects given to the pigs during post-weaning and fattening periods ?

Poster. Previous studies indicate that a prototype “toy” object (T) consisting of six plastic pipes fixed on the floor remains attractive throughout the fattening period. An experiment was designed to…