Precision Livestock Farming in Swine Welfare: A Review for Swine Practitioners

Precision livestock farming technologies for welfare management in intensive livestock systems.

The worldwide demand for meat and animal products is expected to increase by at least 40% in the next 15 years. The first question is how to achieve high-quality, sustainable and safe meat production that can meet this demand. At the same time, livestock production is currently facing serious problems. Concerns about animal health in relation to food safety and human health are increasing. The ...

An outbreak of acute swine erysipelase in a herd

Swine Flu (Swine Influenza-A (H1N1) Virus): A Review

Swine flu has been confirmed in a number of countries and it is spreading from human to human, which could lead to what is referred to as a pandemic flu outbreak. Pandemic flu is different from ordinary flu because it’s a new flu virus that appears in humans and spreads very quickly from person to person worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) is closely monitoring cases of swine flu glo...

Swine Welfare Research: A review of research dedicated to emerging animal welfare issues

Animal board invited review: precision livestock farming for dairy cows with a focus on oestrus detection.

Dairy cows are high value farm animals requiring careful management to achieve the best results. Since the advent of robotic and high throughput milking, the traditional few minutes available for individual human attention daily has disappeared and new automated technologies have been applied to improve monitoring of dairy cow production, nutrition, fertility, health and welfare. Cows milked by...