Documentations

Best hygiene practices on pig farms: feedback on the food chain, transportability, and salmonella action plans

Recent European rules regarding food safety and animal welfare during transport involve new responsibilities for the different sectors of the pork industry and in particular for the farmers. Thus, Hygiene…

Housing sows in groups at the automatic pig feeder : differentiating living spaces for successful floorspace planning

Indoor pigbarn facilities design is a key factor in housing and managing large herds of sows feeding at the automatic pig feeder.Studying two separate surveys, one led at 18 pig…

Perspectives d’utilisation de la mesure du potentiel redox comme « prédicteur » de la qualité de viande : implications dans la fabrication en jambon cuit et dans la cuisson de la viande fraîche

Les relations entre l’oxydation des muscles et la protéolyse post-mortem laissent entrevoir le statut oxydatif comme un critère d’intérêt pour la qualité de la viande, de par les modifications de…

Guide de l’éleveur pour l’identification des sangliers

Androstenone and skatole levels in fat tissues and consumer acceptability of pork from entire male pigs reared in commercial farms

Surgical castration of male piglets without anaesthesia being increasingly considered as unacceptable, entire male production is regarded as one of the best long term solution, provided that the boar taint…

Between-breed variability of primal cuts weight and genetic correlations with pork quality traits

Weights of primal cuts including loin with the skin and fat trimmed (LON), skin‐on ham (JAM), belly (POI), shoulder (EPA) and backfat above the loin (BAR) of the right side…

Effect of extruded linseed incorporation in sows and/or pigs' diets on growth performance and carcass quality

Poster. Three batches of growing fattening crossbred (Large White x Landrace) x (Piétrain x Large White) gilts and barrows were used to study the growth performance and carcass quality when…

Effects of fish meal on weaning pigs' growth performance

Poster. This trial was conducted to evaluate fish meal as a raw material in starter diets for 540, 4 weeks old weaned pigs (7.8 kg initial weight). Diets were formulated…

Change in pig production in Denmark: farms, technical performance, environmental regulation and prospects

The Danish pig production has always been able to adapt and to evolve quickly. Its current growth and deep structural change contrast with the stagnation in France. The pig farm…

Assessment of the cost of pulmonary problems in a sample of French pig farms

The aim of this study was to assess the economic impact of lung lesions in a sample of French pig farms. This study was part of a research project driven…

Behavioural assessment of coping abilities in boars used in artificial insemination studs : relationships with the responses to the first semen collection attempt

Poster. The reasons for training failure in commercial boar studs and premature culling (20‐30% among French AI boars) are not clearly understood. This study aims to assess the behavioural adaptation…

Reproductive performance and overall economic results in French sow herds of contrasting prolificacy levels

Poster. The development of hyperprolific sows has been associated with a huge increase in perinatal mortality. The aim of the present study is to re‐evaluate other possible side effects of…