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

10 Pages
1 May 2013
Author(s): Dr William van Wettere

This project aimed to determine whether space provided per pig in group housing has an influence on welfare and/or production parameters. The study compared the effects of 1.4m2 and 2.8m2 space allowances during pregnancy and two parity groups (gilts versus parity 3 plus sows) on coping measures and standard production parameters. Minimal effect of space allowance and parity on the well-being measures evaluated were found. There was some evidence of improved reproduction in older parity sows provided with increased space allowance, however further research with a greater range of space allowances is needed.

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