Documentations

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…

Piggeries : renovate or rebuild ?

One third of the total floor area of all farms is more than 20 years old and has been renovated twice or even three times, causing major problems. However, we…

Low-cost pork production : in what conditions ? Situation in France, international comparisons, perspectives

This study shows that the lowest farm production costs in 2000 were 1.09 EUR/kg carcass. Five profiles were identified. Profile 1: moderate costs at all stages through good technical performance.…

Qualité technologique des viandes produites par des porcs élevés sur parcours

L’objectif était de comparer la qualité technologique des carcasses issues d’une production "plein-air" à engraissement sur parcours, à celle des carcasses issues de la production conventionnelle en bâtiments. Nous avons…

Analysis of two by-products of the cereals industry

Two trials for the measurement of minerals in wheat starch processing by-products were conducted in 1999 and 2001. The results obtained provided an initial data bank on mineral contents: macro-elements…

Technological quality of meat from pigs raised outdoors

This study compares the technological quality of carcasses from a farm where pigs were fattened on an outdoor run with that of carcasses of pigs raised indoors. Measurements of pH…

Air quality inside pig buildings in relation with physiological stages

One of the missions of the Technical Institute for Pig is to study different aspects of pig breeding in relation with air quality inside the building. In this paper, data…

Results of the 25th end product inspection test

The inspection of end products is intended to provide official reference values for growth, carcass and meat quality performance of end products derived from different combinations of genetic types of…