Documentations

Taux de muscle des pièces et appréciation de la composition corporelle des carcasses

Suite au projet européen EUPIGCLASS, la définition communautaire du critère de classement a changé. La teneur en viande maigre est désormais définie comme le % de muscle dans les 4…

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,…

Risk factors associated with Salmonella prevalence in breeding&fattening and in only-fattening herds

The aim of this study is to assess the risk factors linked to salmonella prevalence of slaughter pigs, both in breeding-fattening and in only-fattening herds. Salmonella serological status is determined…

Facteurs de risque associés aux niveaux de séroprévalence en salmonelles d'élevages de porcs naisseurs-engraisseurs et engraisseurs

L'objectif de cette étude est de préciser et quantifier les facteurs de risque associés à différents niveaux de séroprévalence en Salmonella des porcs en fin d'engraissement en élevages naisseurs-engraisseurs et…

Air scrubbing in pig farms

Air scrubbing may provide a combination solution towards helping to resolve odour and ammonia emission issues on pig farms.The primary condition governing implementation inside farm buildings is the possibility of…

Development of meat-cut sanitation processes

Despite the best efforts of professionals from the slaughtering-processing sector, meat cuts from pork carcasses do not always escape contamination by pathogenic bacteria such as L. monocytogenes and Salmonella. This…

Impact of fibre enrichment of finishing feed on the technological quality of pork

If it were possible to reduce the glycolytic potential of meat by acting on the conditions of feeding at the end of the fattening period, then the risk of obtaining…

Risk factors associated with Salmonella prevalence in breeding & fattening and in only-fattening herds

The aim of this study is to assess the risk factors linked to salmonella prevalence of slaughter pigs, both in breeding-fattening and in only-fattening herds.Sow batch mixing in farrowing stage…

Genetic analysis of litter size and weights, and of farrowing duration in Large White and French Landrace sows

Low heritability estimates were obtained for litter size and mortality traits. Numbers of piglets stillborn had unfavourable geneticcorrelations with Numbers of piglets born in total, but low genetic correlations with…

Operational criteria for meat quality : relations with exudate loss

The aim of this study was to compare the quality of exudate loss prediction by several quality criteria at three different times post mortem. The correlations between quality criteria (pH,…

Energy recovery techniques : heat pumps

Heat pumps are systems composed of two heat exchangers and a heat-carrying liquid that can take up energy from a heat source (e.g. the ground, air washers or a biological…

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

Two housing systems (fully slatted floor vs straw litter) were assessed with respect to their technical efficiency. The comparison was carried out under two contrasting seasons, in order to take…