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| Foreword |
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| Introduction |
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| About this book |
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| How to use this book |
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1 Understanding pig welfare |
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1.1 Good welfare, more than just being healthy |
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1.2 A global understanding of animal welfare |
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1.2.2 North America and Canada |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (2) |
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14 | (2) |
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16 | (1) |
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2 Making the business case for animal welfare |
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2.1 The profits of improving pig welfare |
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21 | (4) |
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2.2 Animal welfare, society and economics |
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2.3 The costs of tail damage |
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2.4 Cost-benefit analysis: gilt rearing |
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33 | (4) |
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2.5 Economic evaluation of farrowing systems |
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2.6 Make your own cost-benefit analysis |
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44 | (5) |
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3 Assessing animal welfare |
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51 | (10) |
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3.1.6 Skin lesions at slaughter |
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59 | (2) |
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3.2 Welfare assessment methods |
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3.3 Qualitative behaviour assessment |
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66 | (5) |
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3.4 Precision farming for automatic detection of welfare risks |
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71 | (4) |
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75 | (2) |
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3.6 Know the welfare of your pigs |
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4 What you can do to improve animal welfare? |
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4.1 Improving human-animal interactions |
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4.2 Appropriate enrichment |
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4.3.1 Large litters and pre-weaning mortality |
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4.3.2 Management procedures |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (3) |
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4.4 Welfare from weaning to fattening |
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106 | (11) |
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106 | (3) |
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109 | (5) |
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114 | (3) |
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4.6 Welfare of lactating sows |
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4.6.4 Shoulder ulcers and udder lesions |
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4.7 Welfare of gestating sows |
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4.7.2 Aggression between sows |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (2) |
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4.9 Rearing gilts for a better future herd |
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144 | (4) |
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4.10 Make a stepwise action plan for improving welfare |
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148 | (5) |
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Appendix 1 Welfare Quality® form for sows and piglets |
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Appendix 2 Welfare Quality® form for growing pigs |
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Appendix 3 Scoring list for pig qualitative behaviour assessment |
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Appendix 4 Checklists for suitability of enrichment objects |
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Appendix 5 Calculation guide for the amount of enrichment |
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| Index |
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