Pig performance in low-cost, straw-bedded, alternative housing systems - preliminary results

Authors

H G. Payne, Department of Agriculture, Western Australia

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

11-1995

Conference Title

Fifth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association

Place of Publication

Canberra

ISBN

0 646 25622 x.

ISSN

1324-9177

Keywords

pigs, swine, pork

Disciplines

Meat Science | Other Animal Sciences

Abstract

Low cost, welfare friendly housing systems for grower/finisher pigs, with fixed costs less than a third of those for conventional facilities, have been developed overseas using tunnel housing comprised of tubular steel framing with a plastic cover and timber side barriers (Connor et al., 1994). This paper reports the first of a series of trials being conducted at the Medina Research Centre to evaluate similar systems now available in Australia for less than A$65/m²

Recommended Citation

Payne, H G. (1995), Pig performance in low-cost, straw-bedded, alternative housing systems - preliminary results, Fifth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Canberra, pp.19-19.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/conf_papers/248