ANIMAL WELFARE AND ECONOMIC OPTIMISATION OF FARROWING SYSTEMS
| dc.creator | Vosough Ahmadi, Bouda | |
| dc.creator | Baxter, Emma M. | |
| dc.creator | Stott, Alistair W. | |
| dc.creator | Lawrence, Alistair | |
| dc.creator | Edwards, Sandra | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T14:08:36Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T05:10:08Z | |
| dc.description | Currently, farrowing crates dominate indoor pig farrowing in the UK (~ 60% of herds). Such systems raise welfare problems due to close confinement of the sow. Although, many alternative housing systems have been developed in different countries, no commercially viable/feasible option has emerged for large-scale units. We have reviewed current scientific and practical knowledge of farrowing systems to identify alternative systems, their welfare and production potential. Our aim is to establish acceptable trade-offs between profit and welfare within alternative farrowing systems using linear programming, hence designing high welfare but commercially viable alternatives to the farrowing crate. System-specific results of interactions between welfare components and financial performances have been analysed and presented in this paper. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.61124 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/61124/files/WK36_Ahmadi.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/61124 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/559948 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/61124 | |
| dc.title | ANIMAL WELFARE AND ECONOMIC OPTIMISATION OF FARROWING SYSTEMS | |
| dc.type | Text |