Executive order says sows must be able to walk loose, except for a short period when the risk of piglets being crushed is greatest.

Fairgoers watch as Yorkshore Cross piglets are born at the livestock nursery at the California State Fair farm in 2005. Manny Crisostomo Sacramento Bee file Two animal rights organizations are suing ...

Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare laws ...

Lower piglet mortality is the goal when Norwegian researchers study the conditions of perky newborn piglets and their mothers. Several countries aim to reduce the loss of piglets using a system in ...

Piglet survival and sow health are likely to be compromised if a sound system is not in place during farrowing. Therefore, stockpeople need to ensure that attention to detail is enforced before, ...

Several factors affected potential piglet output, BPEX’s Angela Cliff told producers and industry representatives at an Improving Piglet Survival workshop last week. “Stillbirths account for the ...

Nicola Bowers, a pig veterinary technician from East Yorkshire, has received a Nuffield Farming Scholarship to research best practices for managing piglet litters in flexible farrowing systems ...

A dazzling sum of €4.4 billion. That is the calculated amount which will cost the transition to modern-style breeding houses ...

A free farrowing system that can be retrofitted into existing lactation facilities. That is the core of the maternity rings.