Latest video: Successfully managing tail-biting in a large group
An outbreak of tail-biting in a large group presents a major challenge for livestock farmers. At the same time, however, keeping animals in large groups also offers a number of key advantages. In this video from the Focus on Animal Welfare Network, methods are demonstrated for successfully managing tail-biting incidents in a large group. To this end, Gabriele Mörixmann shows her active housing system, in which the pigs have maximum freedom of choice.
Latest podcast: 5 m² per sow – experiences with the new mating centre
How can the mating centre be designed to meet the required 5 m² per sow in a way that benefits animal welfare, work efficiency and fertility in equal measure?
In the 16th podcast from the Focus on Animal Welfare network, Susanne Gäckler, DLG, and Dr Christian Lambertz, FiBL, explore this question in depth together with their interview partners: Dr Veronika Drexl from the Schleswig-Holstein Pig Advisory Service and farm manager Michael Ostkotte, who rebuilt his mating centre a few years ago and adapted it to the new requirements.
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