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

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Author(s): Dr William van Wettere

This project aimed to determine whether the provision of high fibre (bulky) diets to group housed sows reduced incidences of aggressive encounters. It was found that feeding the high fibre diet reduced the number of aggressive encounters post-feeding by 75%, and resulted in a 150% increase in the time sows spent engaged in feeding behaviour. Furthermore, although group formation was associated with an increase in injury scores, there was a gradual decline from day of mixing until the end of the experimental period.

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