Driving Pigs to Stunning

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   1. Objectives
   2. What you need to know
   3. Learning goals
   4. Teacher page
2. Course content - Driving Pigs to Stunning
3. Completion

Learning goals

After working through this resource, employees in industry should be able to:

• describe the main problems related to methods of driving pigs to stunning
• solve problems in the pre-slaughter handling of pigs by changing handling routines, aids and attitudes.

After working through this resource, students in higher education should be able to:

• describe how pigs experience different methods of driving to stunning
• explain how the process of driving pigs to stunning can have an effect on pig welfare and pork quality
• suggest improvements in pre-slaughter handling by changing handling routines, facility design, aids and/or attitudes, based on biological principles.