Title: A few observations about pigs
1A few observations about pigs are first
impressions true?
2Pigs the mortgage lifters
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5A Global Perspective
Which country produces the most pigs? Which
cultures consume the most pork?
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9What factors influence swine housing and the size
of swine farms?
10Living high on the hogs a low investment, low
intensity operation
11Historical housing for swine Issues labor land
use (more recently - environmental regulations)
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13Housing for Modern Pig Production
Grower Finishing
Breeding Gestation
Nursery
Farrowing
14Pig Production in China use of resources (labor)
15Does the size of a swine operation affect animal
well-being?
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17What factors influence swine housing and the size
of swine farms?
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19Farrowing Crate - secure housing for the baby
pig?
20Cargill open front building
21Swine Confinement Housing
Hoop Structure J. Britt, NCSU.
Curtain-sided, natural ventilation structure J.
Britt, NCSU.
22Sow gestation housing individual crates
23Individual Sow Gestation Crates - why?
24Todd and the friendly boar a lesson in
photography!
25Overcrowding?
26Or selective photography?
27Low animal density affects dunging patterns
28Gestation crate
29When mixed pigs fight to establish dominance
within a group
30Low cost group housing for gestating sows
31Total confinement housing for gestating sows
32Overfeeding gestating sows increases embryonic
death and decreases litter size
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34Low cost group housing for gestating sows
35Open front group housing for gestating sows
36Cuts abrasions in group housing for gestating
sows
37What about pigs and the environment? Do new
environmental regulations alter the types of
housing facilities for swine?
38Phosphorus and aquatic plant growth - impacts
swine production
Lake Mendota
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41A typical day in the life of a pig?
42Gestating sows in wooded areas
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45Problems in Swine Housing ventilation manure
management
Tail-biting in pigs a ventilation issue?
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48Engineering principles for ventilation in swine
housing
49Farrowing Crate - secure housing for the baby
pig?
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