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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

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Strategies for the Early Detection of Sick and Injured Gestating Sows

1 Pages
1 Apr 2011
Author(s): Fiona Kelk

This study investigated the most sensitive detection method for identifying sick or injured gestating sows housed in stalls and groups on a commercial pig farm. Nine observation methods were utilised over a four-day period. The most efficient method to identify sick or injured sows in group-housing was by walking through their pens at the end of the feeding period and encouraging all sows to stand. The most efficient method to identify sick or injured sows in stall-housing was examining them from the back aisle during feeding time.

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