Animal Welfare-friendly Pig Housing Systems

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   1. Objectives
   2. Learning goals
2. Course content: Animal Welfare-friendly Pig Housing Systems
   1. Consumer awareness
   2. Legislation and enforcement
   3. Inventory of pork production systems
   4. Semi-natural conditions
   5. Selection of six pig production systems
   6. Farrowing sows
   7. Lactating sows and piglets
   8. Fattening pigs
   9. Gestating sows
   10. Boars
   11. Scientific reports
3. Completion
   1. Comments
   2. Self-assessment
   3. Key messages
   4. Further reading
   5. Evaluation

Gestating sows

A conventional system with crates

Gestating sows in crates. Note abnormal behaviour with repetitive bar-biting and tongue rolling. Video: Jan Ladewig

Alternative system: out-door production

Gestating sows in group. Note the dominance hierarchy in the group shown as aggressive and submissive behaviour of individual sows. Video: Julie Ryschawy