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Did European pig-welfare legislation reduce pig welfare? Perhaps not, but experts confirm that common indestructible materials are not proper enrichment for pigs at all, except perhaps for an enhanced novel branched-chains design.
Published as: Marc B.M. Bracke and Paul Koene, 2019. Expert opinion on metal chains and other indestructible objects as proper enrichment for intensively-farmed pigs. PLOS ONE. Available at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0212610. EC Directive 2001/93 requires that all pigs have access to proper … Continue reading
Posted in Enrichment, Ethics, Experts, Future, Justice, Modelling, Pigs, Politics, Science
Tagged Branched chains, Chains, Expert opinion, Hardwood, Pipe
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Branched chains as enrichment for pigs (technical description, pictures and video)
This post illustrates the so-called branched chain design. This is an improved type of chain that seems most suited as a starting point towards providing proper enrichment (as required by e.g. EU legislation) for conventional, intensively-farmed pigs. However, also pigs … Continue reading
Posted in Animal welfare, Enrichment, Pigs
Tagged Branched chains, Fattening pigs, Floor-directed behaviour, Growing pigs, Novelty, Pigs, Rooting, Sows, Weaned pigs
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