Essays about: "slaktsvin"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the word slaktsvin.

  1. 1. Profitability of animal welfare : a German pig fattening business participating in the German animal welfare initiative “Initiative Tierwohl”

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Jana Zibolka; [2021]
    Keywords : farm animal welfare; fattening pig production; Initiative Tierwohl; profitability; cost accounting; risk analysis; farm case;

    Abstract : Increasing numbers of people are concerned about the conditions of farm animal husbandry systems and of the whole meat industry as well as of the welfare of farm animals in Germany. The willingness to pay for animal welfare-friendly products is increasing, while until now there is only one market-based farm animal welfare (FAW) label in Germany, the “Initiative Tierwohl” (ITW). READ MORE

  3. 2. Metoder för att motverka värmestress hos slaktgrisar

    University essay from SLU/Department of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Julia Ancher; [2021]
    Keywords : slaktsvin; kylning; temperatur; beteende;

    Abstract : Grisar är högproducerande djur som är känsliga för värmestress. Klimatförändringarna leder till ökade perioder av värme och det är därför viktigt att finna applicerbara metoder som erbjuder grisarna kyla. Värmestress påverkar grisarnas välfärd och leder till en rad olika förändringar i det naturliga beteendet. READ MORE

  4. 3. Utfodring av ensilage till slaktsvin : minskar stressen vid inflyttning i slaktsvinsavdelningen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Rebecka Frendin; Anna Petersson; [2019]
    Keywords : grovfoder till gris; fiber; utfodringsrekommendationer;

    Abstract : Det finns flertalet faktorer att ta i beaktning inom slaktsvinsproduktionen för en god djurvälfärd och en lönsam produktion för producenten. Olika typer av slagsmål mellan grisar sker när nya individer förs samman, för att upprätta en ny hierarki i gruppen. READ MORE

  5. 4. Difference in health and behaviour between two different pig line crosses

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Jessica Vahlberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Swedish Yorkshire; Dutch Yorkshire; social interactions; behaviour; health;

    Abstract : The most common housing system within the European Union for gestating sows and gilts have for many years been individual stalls while Sweden on the contrary has a long history, since the end of the 1980s, of group housing. The switch of breeding material in the beginning of the 2000ies in Sweden resulted in the end of breeding of the Swedish Yorkshire (SY), and instead the Dutch Yorkshire (ZY) was introduced to Swedish pig producers. READ MORE

  6. 5. Feeding beaviour of slaughter pigs (Sus Scrofa) kept in a Swedish conventional system

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Maria Karlsson; [2017]
    Keywords : slaughter; pig; conventional; feeding; behaviour; frustration; stress;

    Abstract : The management and keeping of slaughter pigs are normally highly controlled and achieving a good feed effiency is one of the pork industriy’s main goals. When being kept in a conventional system the pigs do not have a good opportunity to perform natural feeding and foraging behaviours which could lead to frustration and a negative welfare. READ MORE