HealthyLivestock will carry out a research programme to study the contributions of enhanced animal health and welfare on reducing the need to use antimicrobials in pigs and poultry. The European Union part of the HealthyLivestock project is funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement number 773436
By Jorge Pinto Ferreira
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Relative contribution of production chain phases to health and performance of broiler chickens a field study
Pigs that grow up in an enriched environment – a bigger pen with straw and sawdust, for example – grow faster, have better immunity, and can cope with disappointments better, concludes PhD researcher Lu Luo.
Environmental enrichment at the end of the gestation period for sows has been seen to influence the offspring’s behaviour, improving their welfare.
The natural needs of the pig are central. In the coming months, researchers will regularly check and measure whether the theory matches practice.