Documentations

Destructured meat in the pork industry : combined effects of transport and resting time before slaughter on the frequency of the appearance of this defect

Destructured meat : several risk factors identified

Production of "presliced-prepacked" superior quality cooked ham is booming. However, meat-curing operators are increasingly reporting a defect they call "destructured ham" that can only be detected after the hams have…

Etude et modélisation du développement de Listeria monocytogenes dans la viande de porc en présence de sels d'acides organiques et de fumée liquide - Application pour prédire l'influence de la formulation de la saumure et de la fumée de fumage lors du pro

Application pour prédire l’influence de la formulation de la saumure et de la fumée de fumage lors du procédé de fabrication des lardons. Les récentes épidémies de listériose ont conduit…

Grille d’audit du nettoyage-désinfection

Une grille d’audit du nettoyage-désinfection complète le dépliant de 6 pages. Elle répertorie les points clés des étapes du protocole et permet de les interpréter de manière personnalisée pour chaque…

Effect of increasing the floor space allowance on performance, skin lesions and behaviour of growing-finishing pigs

Two experiments were conducted successively in two rooms each comprising of six pens of 6.8 m2. The control treatment, ten pigs/pen (10C: 0.68m2/pig) was compared with 8 pigs/pen (8C: 0.85…

Grouping piglets by sex at weaning reduces aggressive behaviou

The aim of this work is to reduce aggressive behaviour when piglets are grouped at weaning.The experiment is conducted to determine whether it is better to group piglets by sex…

Salmonella status in swine units characterization: comparative study of serology and bacteriology

Salmonella are the main cause of human collective food toxi-infections. A new European regulation published in November 2003 imposes to set up a control of these bacteria in the swine…

Environmental optimization of systems of swine production

A model was developed in order to optimize under different constraints the production systems in a farm associating crop and fattening pig productions. For each simulation the model calculated the…

An evaluation tool of the ratio between nitrogen-phosphorus rejects and the availability of land for french pig farms

The global aim of this study is to realise a territorial survey of nitrogen and phosphorus management in pig farms, taking into account nearby farms. Based on an analysis of…

Effect of reduced dietary calcium on the performance of growing-finishing pigs

The effect of reduced dietary Ca on the performance of 160 growing-finishing pigs is assessed. The current recommendation of 9 g per kg diet is compared to a level calculated…

Cleaning and disinfection of the lairage at the slaughterhouse: a link in the fight against the contamination of pigs by Salmonella

The main risk factor in the contamination of pork by Salmonella is the intestinal carriage of the bacteria by the animals.It is currently recognised that the time spent in the…

Influence of alternative pig rearing systems on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality and technological and eating quality of cooked and dry-cured hams

The aim of this study was to evaluate three alternative rearing systems for fattening pigs (outdoor with 150 m2/pig, straw litter with 1.3 m2/pig, hut and free access to a…