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  • Biogas Code of Practice Consultation Workshops

    APL has developed a risk based Code of Practice for On-farm Biogas Production and Use (Piggeries) in response to growing interest in Biogas technology from Australian pig producers.  APL, through a previous project identified that there was a lot of …

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  • 2015-2020 Strategic Plan Consultation

    The APL 2015–2020 Strategic Plan consultation process continues with all meetings across the country now completed. To all of those producers who attended meetings, APL thanks you for your contributions so far. APL would like to offer all producers that have …

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  • Corrective Statement

    Australian Pork Limited (APL) issued Media Releases on 11 April and 19 December 2012 concerning the progress of the Australian pork industry’s initiative to move away from the use of sow stalls by 2017. APL made statements in those Releases …

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  • Notice of AGM and Annual Conference

    The APL Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at the Marriott Hotel, cnr Exhibition and Lonsdale Streets, Melbourne on Thursday 21 November 2012. The Annual Conference will commence at 9.00am and the AGM will commence at 1.00pm. For …

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Complete Research Reports

Genetics, reproduction & welfare (SG2)

Benchmarking On-farm Benefits of Adoption of ProHand Principles (Report)

Graeme Pope

Benchmarking On-farm Benefits of Adoption of ProHand Principles (Abstract)

Graeme Pope

Identify and Integrate Measures of Animal Welfare that Meet the Needs of Animals and Society Part 1 & 2

Drewe Ferugson, Dr Ian Colditz, Teresa Collins, Dr Lindsay Matthews, Prof Paul Hemsworth

Feeding Strategies to Reduce 'Frustration' and Aggression amongst Group Housed Gilts and Sows

Dr William van Wettere

A Better Outcome for Sick & Compromised Pigs

Fiona Kelk, Ross Cutler, Dr Patricia Holyoake

The Effects of Group Housing during Gestation on Sow Welfare and Reproduction

Prof Paul Hemsworth

Evaluation of Space Requirements for Group Housed Pregnant Pigs at Different Parities

Dr William van Wettere

Tools to Assess Community Attitudes and Consumer Responses to Animal Welfare

Grahame Coleman

The Development of Practical Measures to Benchmark Pig Welfare in the Australian Pork Industry

Jeremy Skuse, Lauren Hemsworth

Usefulness of Preference for Resources and Biological Functioning to Assess Animal Welfare

Prof Paul Hemsworth, Alan Tilbrook

Assessment of Pain Induced by Tail Docking in Piglets and Strategies to Reduce this Pain

Dr Rebecca Morrison, Prof Craig Johnson, Nikki Kells, Prof Paul Hemsworth

Space and Group Size Effects on the Welfare of Grouped Sows Day 8 Observations

Maxine Rice, Prof Paul Hemsworth

Validating the Use of Proximity Loggers in Measuring Feeder Visits, Displacements and Social Interactions in Pigs in Competitive Feeding Situations

Maxine Rice, Prof Paul Hemsworth, Dr Ellen Jongman

Relationships between Biological Function and Animal Preferences in Studying Animal Welfare

Prof Paul Hemsworth

Travel Award - Annual Meeting of the International Society of Applied Ethology - Austria

Dr Jean-Loup Rault

Quantitative Genetics R&D: 2006 - 2011

Susanne Hermesch

A Review of Transport Practices and Mortalities in Australia

Sara Willis, Kerry Bell, Ross Knight, John Riley, Graeme Pope

A Comparison of Sow and Piglet Behaviour and Productivity in the UMB Farrowing Pen Compared to Conventional Farrowing Crates

Rebecca Matthews

Review Alternatives to Farrowing Crates

Greg Cronin

The Effects of Group Housing during Gestation on Sow Welfare and Reproduction

Prof Paul Hemsworth

Evaluation of a Mini-Laparotomy Embryo Transfer Procedure

Prof Robert van Barneveld

A Review of Transport Practices and Mortalities in Australia

Sara Willis

Feeding Strategies to Reduce Frustration and Aggression Amongst Group Housed Gilts and Sows

Dr William van Wettere

Planning, Managing and Evaluating Group Housing Systems

Sara Willis, John Riley, Graeme Pope

R&D Priorities: Genetics, Reproduction and Welfare

Michael Bertoldo to Present Work at ICAR on Identifying Sows at Risk of Late Pregnancy Loss during Seasonal Infertility

C. Grupen

Group Demonstration Award - Pilot Stockpersons Competencies Training (NSW)

Trish Holyoake

Group Demonstration Award - Delivery of Four (4) ProHand Training Courses in SA

Graeme Pope

Group Demonstration Award - Delivery of Four (4) ProHand Training Courses in SA

Graeme Pope

Group Demonstration Award - Lactation Pens

Jeremy Skuse

Mixing Sows: How to Maximise Welfare Manual

Dr Ray King

Strategies for the Early Detection of Sick and Injured Gestating Sows

Fiona Kelk

Dr Morgan Morrow Travel Award

Trish Holyoake

Evaluation of Space Requirements for Group Housed Pregnant Pigs at Different Parities

Dr William van Wettere

Dr Morgan Morrow Travel Award

Trish Holyoake

Development of Practical Measures to Benchmark Pig Welfare in the Australian Pork Industry

Jeremy Skuse, Lauren Hemsworth

Assessment of Pain Induced by Tail Docking in Piglets and Strategies to Reduce This Pain

Dr Rebecca Morrison

Validation of On-Farm Pig Welfare Indices

Dr Ellen Jongman, Lauren Hemsworth, Jeremy Skuse

Using Specific Functional Dietary Fibre Sources to Increase the Number of Piglets Weaned per Sow per Litter

Dr William van Wettere

Using Specific Formulation in Late Lactation Diets for Primiparous Sows to Enhance Early Antral Follicle Development, Oocyte Quality and Post-Weaning Fertility

Pieter Langendijk, Tai Chen, Roy Kirkwood, David Lines, Alan Tilbrook

Development of Selection Criteria to Improve Carcase Quality and use of Haemoglobin Levels in Sows and Piglets to Improve Piglet Survival, Performance and Pork Quality

Susanne Hermesch

Influence of Birth Litter Size and Suckled Litter Size on Gilt Ovarian Development

Ass Prof Roy Kirkwood, Dr William van Wettere

Assessment and Amelioration of Pain for Improved Welfare During Routine Husbandry Procedures in Piglets

Dr Sabrina Lomax

Commercially-viable strategies to reduce the acute pain of tail docking in piglets

Dr Rebecca Morrison

Key differences underlying top and bottom reproductive performers: analysis of management programme data

Dr Kate Plush

Effect of L-Glutamine in Late Gestation Sow Diets on Survivability and Growth of Piglets

Dr Rebecca Athorn

Investigating the Proportion of Gilt Progeny Which Enter the Breeding Herd- Rivalea Australia

Jessica Craig

Investigating the Proportion of Gilt Progeny Which Enter the Breeding Herd- SunPork Solutions

Robert Hewitt

Industry Information Paper on Genomic Selection

Rob Banks, Susanne Hermesch

Improvement of sow longevity through identification of early lifetime performance indicators, including the assessment of gonadotrophin response as a suitable selection tool for replacement gilts

Dr Rebecca Athorn

Identification of genetic factors affecting tail biting in pigs

Susanne Hermesch

Effect of maternal supplementation with creatine and caffeine prior to farrowing on piglet growth and survival: a commercial study

Dr William van Wettere

Optimising the progeny of first-litter sows in the Australian herd

Udani Wijesiriwardana, Prof John Pluske, Prof Frank Dunshea, Jeremy Cottrell, Dr Jessica Craig, Dr Cherie Collins, Robert Hewitt