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Description
To address the Animal Welfare Foundation's 2021 research call on the topic of 'breeding and welfare' existing data from the FREESOW project (2012-2015 - Sainsbury's) will be re-evaluated to identify the phenotypic traits that make a good free farrowing mother. The project will concentrate on behavioural data collected on gilt temperament during the project, as well as farrowing data and performance.
| Short title | What makes a good free farrowing mother? |
|---|---|
| Acronym | OptiMum |
| Status | Finished |
| Effective start/end date | 1/02/22 → 31/05/23 |
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- Pig
- Welfare
- Behaviour
- Breeding
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Activities
- 1 Oral presentation
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Reducing neonatal piglet mortality in alternative farrowing systems
Baxter, E. (Speaker)
1 Mar 2023Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Research output
- 1 Article
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Factors contributing to high performance of sows in free farrowing systems
Baxter, E., Bowers, N., King, R. L., Brockelhurst, S. & Edwards, S. A., 2 May 2024, In: Porcine Health Management. 10, 1, 16.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)48 Downloads (Pure)