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Electronic identification and individual feeding of sows in a very large group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

M.P. Beckett
Affiliation:
MAFF/ADAS, Block B, Government Buildings, Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge CB2 2DR
S.A. Edwards
Affiliation:
MAFF/ADAS, Terrington E.H.F., Terrington St. Clement, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE34 4PW
P.H. Simmins
Affiliation:
MAFF/ADAS, Block B, Government Buildings, Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge CB2 2DR
A.J. Walker
Affiliation:
MAFF/ADAS, Block B, Government Buildings, Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge CB2 2DR
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Welfare and building cost considerations resulted in a commercial farmer setting up a unique system of dry sow housing. Up to 400 sows are housed in a single dynamic group sharing 10 electronic feeding stations.

Type
Pig Production
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1986

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