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Title: A few observations about pigs


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A few observations about pigs are first
impressions true?
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Pigs the mortgage lifters
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A Global Perspective
Which country produces the most pigs? Which
cultures consume the most pork?
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What factors influence swine housing and the size
of swine farms?
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Living high on the hogs a low investment, low
intensity operation
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Historical housing for swine Issues labor land
use (more recently - environmental regulations)
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Housing for Modern Pig Production
Grower Finishing
Breeding Gestation
Nursery
Farrowing
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Pig Production in China use of resources (labor)
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Does the size of a swine operation affect animal
well-being?
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What factors influence swine housing and the size
of swine farms?
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Farrowing Crate - secure housing for the baby
pig?
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Cargill open front building
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Swine Confinement Housing
Hoop Structure J. Britt, NCSU.
Curtain-sided, natural ventilation structure J.
Britt, NCSU.
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Sow gestation housing individual crates
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Individual Sow Gestation Crates - why?
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Todd and the friendly boar a lesson in
photography!
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Overcrowding?
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Or selective photography?
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Low animal density affects dunging patterns
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Gestation crate
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When mixed pigs fight to establish dominance
within a group
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Low cost group housing for gestating sows
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Total confinement housing for gestating sows
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Overfeeding gestating sows increases embryonic
death and decreases litter size
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Low cost group housing for gestating sows
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Open front group housing for gestating sows
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Cuts abrasions in group housing for gestating
sows
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What about pigs and the environment? Do new
environmental regulations alter the types of
housing facilities for swine?
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Phosphorus and aquatic plant growth - impacts
swine production
Lake Mendota
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A typical day in the life of a pig?
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Gestating sows in wooded areas
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Problems in Swine Housing ventilation manure
management
Tail-biting in pigs a ventilation issue?
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Engineering principles for ventilation in swine
housing
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Farrowing Crate - secure housing for the baby
pig?
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