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EU PiG - challenges to focus on in 2018
Help choose the next eight pig industry challenges on which EU PiG should focus: please tick the ones of greatest priority for your business, one for each of the four areas below.
1.
Health management
Water hygiene, delivery and dosing
Optimising gut health
Methods of eradication, eg vaccination, depop:repop
Removing zinc and reducing antibiotics
2.
Precision production
Controlled ventilation systems
Dashboards for easy identification of performance/cost of production
Novel proteins as feed
Precision dosing of medication
3.
Welfare
Reducing vice
Welfare index scoring for pig unit dashboards
Training stockpeople
Managing larger pigs, eg feed, space, aggression, stress
4.
Meat quality
Carcase classification
Technology and husbandry techniques to make pork more succulent and flavoursome
Reducing contamination
Reducing variation
5.
Please note below any other important challenges for your business
