Documentations

Back to growth for Dutch pig production: how to understand it?

In the Netherlands, pig production increased very rapidly from the 60s to the 80s and then stabilized for ten years under the first environmental actions. The sharp decline triggered by…

Characteristics of the pork industry chain in Germany : prices, organization and relationships between players

Between the moment when the pigs leave the farm and the retailing of pork products, French and German sectors show different price levels. Retail prices seem particularly lower in Germany.…

Assessment of pig prices perceived by European Union producers

Many pig quotations exist in Europe but, reflecting a situation on a specific market, for a pig carcass definition that often varies between countries, they rarely represent the reality of…

International pork trade : the main flows and their trends

The world is economically and commercially more and more open. The level of pig production, its competitiveness, as also the consumption patterns of each country lead to significant international trade…

Trends in pig farming in the European Union: an evolving model

Over the past ten years, pig production, stable in the EU as a whole, declined slightly in France. It increased in some places (Germany, Spain, Denmark ...), collapsed elsewhere (UK,…

Energy value and use of glycerol for growing pigs

Glycerol is a by-product of biodiesel production from fat sources whose availability is increasing. The objectives of the present study were to determine the nutritive value and the conditions of…

Effect of parity and number of suckling piglets on milk production of sows

Different factors are known to affect milk production in sows, especially sow parity and litter size (LS). In practice, milk production can be estimated from litter growth rate and LS.…

From one pig to a group of pigs: accounting for links among individual parameters in growth modeling at the population scale

Several pig growth models exist, but these models do not account for variation among pigs. Because the nutrient requirement of an average pig is not representative of the requirement of…

Environmental and socioeconomic references of French conventional pig systems

This study aims to produce multicriteria environmental figures (using Life Cycle Assessment, LCA) associated with socioeconomic indicators for different types of pig units representative of the main French production standards.…

Influence of the cleaning and disinfection process for pig farms on the efficiency of decontamination and the persistence of Salmonella

Previous studies about risk factors linked to salmonella prevalence in fattening pigs showed that it is important to observe acleaning and disinfection protocol. IFIP also propose an optimized cleaning and…

Biosecurity and hygiene in pig farms: current status and impact on technical and economic performances

An inventory for the application of biosecurity measures was carried out in 77 breeder-finisher herds and the relationship between levels of biosecurity in farms and their technical and economic performances…

Biosécurité et hygiène en élevage de porcs : état des lieux et impact sur les performances technico-économiques

La biosécurité et les bonnes pratiques d’hygiène en élevage de porcs, préconisées depuis de longues années, sont aujourd’hui primordiales pour répondre aux évolutions réglementaires (Guide de Bonnes Pratiques d’Hygiène), pour…