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Successful Group Housing Systems for Dry Sows Workshops – Presentations Available
The Australian pork industry is moving towards lower confinement systems after weaning and during gestation. In October 2013, APL and Pork CRC held sow housing workshops to provide information to Australian pork producers on group housing of sows.
In April 2014, a further two sow housing workshops were held in Toowoomba and Melbourne to provide an update of how pork producers are managing these changes to lower confinement systems some 18 months later. These workshops provided new information on the principles and strategies to mix sows in groups from weaning and after insemination.
The one-day workshops were a combination of presentations from industry experts and facilitated panel discussions with pork producers who have recently changed from stall to group housing. The presentations are now available here…
Setting the Scene
How housing systems for dry sows has changed in the Australian Pork Industry in the past years from stall to group housing based systems.
Dr Darryl D’Souza
http://www.screencast.com/t/GOXu2gPOuDJg
Dr Roger Campbell
http://www.screencast.com/t/Md2cuHFp1w
Key Principles on How to Mix Sows and Manage Sows in Group Housing Systems
This presentation was based upon the extensive literature review conducted by Hemsworth and Hansen for the Pork CRC.
Paul Hemswoth
http://www.screencast.com/t/vcSU40DKg
Behaviour and Sow Welfare Results from Relevant Pork CRC Projects
- Mixing Strategies (space, barriers, duration)
- Mixing at Weaning and Mixing 5 days after AI
Jean Loup Rault
http://www.screencast.com/t/2pT6vVMHm
Roger Campbell for Paul Hughes
http://www.screencast.com/t/kN70yjFw
Animal Health Observations with Changes to Group Housing in Australia
Bernie Gleeson
http://www.screencast.com/t/jg1Y07N44ho
Australian Pork Limited
The producer owned organisation supporting and promoting the Australian pork industry. Australian Pork Limited (APL) is caring for the future of Australian pork.