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Health management strategies in finishing pigs The broad objective of this project was to evaluate the cost-benefit of preventative management strategies designed to improve the health and productivity of finishing pigs. The focus was on husbandry procedures which can be adopted to reduce infectious challenge, optimise the microclimate for the pig and reduce stress.
Cost benefit analysis of health management strategies in finishing pigs This PhD research explored the use of different preventative disease management strategies for pigs and their ability to improve detection and limit the spread of disease, thus improving the overall health and productivity of finishing pigs
Reducing the excretion of phosphorus from growing and finishing pig systems: development of a Decision Support Tool The overall objective of this project is to extend a current model of pig growth in order to be able to predict nutrient excretion, namely Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorous (P), in the environment under different environmental and feeding scenarios, in growing and finishing pig systems.
Joint-ill in piglets and its consequences for production losses in the grower-finisher herd This project aimed to establish whether animals treated for joint-ill as piglets suffer reoccurrence of joint problems later in life, or, if cases observed later in life are actually new cases with a different cause.
Finishing Pigs Systems Research Production Trial 1: Dry versus liquid feeding in two contrasting finishing systems (fully slatted versus straw based housing) Production Trial 2: Evaluation of phase feeding in two contrasting finishing systems (fully slatted versus straw based housing) Production Trial 3: Controlled fermentation of cereals in liquid diets fed to pigs in two contrasting finishing systems (fully slatted versus straw based housing) Production Trial 4: Reducing the protein content of liquid diets fed to pigs in two contrasting finishing systems (fully slatted versus straw based housing)