Documentations

Incidence of feed steam-heating process on performance level of piglets after weaning

Heating process applied to piglet feeds is assessed to prevent or limit chronic diarrhoea of piglets after weaning, but its incidence on performance level remains unknown.A trial involving 725 piglets…

The importance of inorganic phosphates in nursery pig feed

Three feeds were used in this study. In two of them part of the phosphorus was supplied by inorganic feed phosphates.Microbial phytase was included in the third feed. 360 pigs,…

Dewatering aerobic pig slurry in reed-planted drying bed

The reed-planted drying bed is a phosphorus separation and concentration process which has been tested with aerobic slurry. Two prototypes of 6.6 m2 received 76 835 liters of aerobic slurry…

Influence of the use of partially slatted floors and pen size on air quality during the growingfattening period

Three rooms were compared : a control room, with a totally slatted concrete floor (six pens of ten pigs), a second room, with a partially slatted concrete floor (six pens…

Long-life vacuum packing of pork

All the batches of a series of vacuum-packed pork cuts stored for six to eight weeks were found bacteriologically compliant. However, eight weeks storage is the upper limit for commercial…

Organically farmed pigs in Denmark. Account of a study visit

After enjoying strong growth in the last five years, organically farmed (OF) production is stagnant. The main brake on the growth of OF meat production is its high price differential…

Development of an inspection procedure for the cleaning and disinfecting of piggeries

ITP conducted a study with the aim of proposing a method suitable for the routine assessment of the cleaning and disinfecting of piggeries. The results presented here allow an inspection…

Red label livestock and open air breeders with fattening on litter - Technico-economic results

Barely 30% of initially selected livestock farms yielded technico-economic management results. The economic advantage of the livestock farms that were monitored offered little incentive and will have to beassessed over…

Biological treatment by activated slurry and composting of manure on straw : a farm survey

A survey carried out in 15 stations using biological treatment by activated slurry and three units for the composting of manure on straw provided data on working time, treatment cost,…

What type of floor for fattening pens ? Comparison of partial and full slatted flooring for various animal welfare criteria

The aim of this work was to compare, in two trials, the impact of partial and full slatted flooring on various welfare criteria. Full slatted flooring is associated with poorer…

SANITEL : The Belgian system for identifying and tracking pigs

Despite an unfavourable socio-economic context and a weakly structured professional organisation, Belgium has succeeded in setting up an efficacious pig tracking system. Today, the SANITEL system coversthe whole country and…

Performance and longevity of sows according to ambient conditions and feeding during lactation

The study presented confirms earlier work showing that the lactation performance of sows was strongly depressed when the ambient temperature permanently exceeded 25°C. In addition we show that the sensitivity…