AR-News: (UK) Alberta to Evaluate Alternatives to Gestation Stalls

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CANADA - Farm-Scape: Episode 1467. Farm-Scape is a Wonderworks Canada 
production and is distributed courtesy of Manitoba Pork Council and Sask Pork.
Farm-Scape, Episode 1462
Research about to get underway in Alberta will examine the use of various 
group housing systems as alternatives to gestation stalls for housing breeding 
sows. 

A project, being planned by the Livestock Engineering Branch of Alberta 
Agriculture, Food and Rural Development will evaluate the impact of various group 
housing systems on animal behavior and production economics. 

The research will compare three different group housing systems to the 
standard gestation stall system. 

Engineer in Training Kelly Lund says the goal is to help ensure the 
availability of socially acceptable animal welfare standards in food animal production. 

"We're quite interested in international developments in animal welfare, 
specifically related to gestation sow housing. 

In the EU they currently have legislation that has banned the construction of 
any new facilities that use gestation stalls. 





full story:

http://www.thepigsite.com/LatestNews/Default.asp?AREA=LatestNews&Display=7227 
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