date:Apr 03, 2014
Danish agriculture minister Dan Jorgensen has agreed to new pig welfare targets with producers, vets and animal welfare campaigners.
Some of the targets include:
Improve survival rates among piglets.
Encourage uptake of free-farrowing systems for sows at least 10 per cent of sows by 2020.
Find alternatives to castration without anaesthetic by 2018 latest.
Reduce numbers of tail-docked piglets.
Lower incidence of stomach ulcers in both sows and finishing pigs
In addition, a project for new ho