National defined doses (DDDjp) for antimicrobials used for pigs in Japan have recently been determined. The aim of this study was to compare the results of calculated antimicrobial use in the field using the DDDjp and DDDvet values. Data from 74 pig farms in Japan relative to antimicrobial ...
Why Danish pig farms have far more land and pigs than Dutch farms? Implications for feed supply, manure recycling and production costs The Netherlands and Denmark are the two biggest pig meat exporters in Europe, both with a strong focus on the German market The structure of pig farms is v...
Since spring 2014, outbreaks of diarrhoea affecting pigs of all age groups have also been reported in farms in Europe, firstly in Germany (Henniger and Schwarz, 2014; Hanke et al., 2015; Stadler et al., 2015), followed by its neighbouring countries, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Austria (...
A study in Canada concluded that up to four strains of GARV (based on G and P sequences) are present on most pig farms (Lachapelle et al., 2014). The aim of this study was to characterise the genetic diversity of GARV in pigs on an individual UK farm before and after weaning. 2....
When it comes to being a true “Internet pig farm”, WENS, starting from its information management of farms in the 1990s, is second to none. The IoT information platform runs information gathered from over 50,000 farmers with WENS. Information, including inventory size and production data, ...
Rota-virus was also identified and neutralizing transmissible gastroenteritis antibodies were detected in the serum of one rat and mice from three different farms. Wild rats were also orally infected with Aujeszky's disease virus (ADV) and classical swine fever (CSF) virus. All the rats survived ...
Farm visits: After repeated observer training, three visits were carried out, in AT (16 farms), DE (16), DK (11) CH (9), CZ (1), FR (4), IT (9) and UK (8). During the first visit the farmer was interviewed, animals assessed, medicine and productivity records collected and ...
We did not find significant differences in land-use and GHG costs between UK and Brazilian systems (Wilcoxon rank-sum test, P > 0.2), although this may be due to the small sample of Brazilian farms. Brazilian systems had significantly higher total and critically important AMU costs and ...
A welfare assessment method was built, based on criteria related to behaviour, lesion scores and human/animal interactions, and tested thereafter in two main types of farms differing by their type of floor: either concrete, fully or partially slatted (C; n = 42) or straw bedding (S; n =...
When it comes to being a true “Internet pig farm”, WENS, starting from its information management of farms in the 1990s, is second to none. The IoT information platform runs information gathered from over 50,000 farmers with WENS. Information, including inventory size and production data, ...