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

19 Pages
1 Jul 0011
Author(s): Maxine Rice, Prof Paul Hemsworth, Dr Ellen Jongman

The aim of this project was to examine the validity and accuracy of proximity loggers, a device attached to a radio collar that detects and records interactions between individuals in a population of animals, as a tool in measuring competition around feeding in group housed pigs. The results indicate that proximity loggers on pigs do not function with the accuracy required to replace video observations. While there are some clear issues with the design and reliability of proximity loggers, the potential of logging devices in increasing the scope of behaviour studies at minimal costs merits further research.

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