Caillebotis intégral ou litière paillée : comparaison des performances zootechniques 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…

Incidence of growing pig housing conditions, fully slatted floor or straw bedding, on technical efficiency

Poster. Two housing systems (fully slatted floor vs straw litter) were assessed with respect to their technical efficiency through an experiment using two batches of 72 pigs over the 30-115…

Improving the cleaning and disinfecting process in pig farms: incidence of soaking mode on efficiency, water requirement, labour time and costs

Poster. Different protocols are assessed in IFIP’s experimental farm, aiming to improve cleaning and disinfecting processes. Following previous publications, attention is here paid to soaking mode : length of application,…

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…