Documentations

Sampling considerations for herd-level measurement of faecal E. coli antimicrobial resistance in different types of calves, pigs and turkeys production

An experimental pig truck in France: Objectives and first results

Impact of EU regulations on pig production in France

Comparison of different pig euthanasia methods available to the farmers

Pig farmers are interested to learn euthanasia methods that are authorised in France and Europe and which they could adapt to their farms. The ITP has conducted a study aimed…

Efficiency and cost comparaison of different cleaning and disinfecting processes for pig farms

The aim of this study is to propose an optimised scheme of cleaning and disinfection for barns based on scientifically established data.

Modelling of manure production by pigs. Effect of feeding, storage and treatment on manure characteristics and emissions of ammonia and greenhouse gazes

Campylobacter hazard in the pork food chain : a quantitative and qualitative approach

Campylobacteriosis is the most frequently reported zoonotic disease in humans in EU with 175,561 reported confirmed cases in 2006. Pigs are known to be largely contaminated by Campylobacter in farms,…

Pig production processed and marketed on-farm; part one : technical characteristics of the pig-farms

This work corresponds to a clarification of a typology of the pig-farms processing and marketing their pigs on farm and in theevaluation of their profitability in 2007. The objective is…

Exploring variation in saleable meat yield

An inventory of pig production systems in Europe

The present study was conducted within the EU-supported project Q-Porkchains. A total of 84 production systems were identified in 23 European countries; Forty are conventional (CS) and 44 claim to…

Truies en groupes : premiers résultats GTTT Bretagne 2009

Relationship between the hepatic SULT2A1 protein expression and backfat androstenone level in pigs of three breeds