Animal Welfare Aspects of Good Agricultural Practice pig farming Part 2 of 3

Farrowing sows, later weaning, avoiding tail-biting. For more information please visit Compassion in World Farming's web pages about Good Agricultural Practice for Pig farming at http://www.ciwf.org.uk/resources/education/good_agricultural_practice/default...

Part 3 is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqjBkqyuFC0

Part 1 is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLNn3qg1RAE

Pig Production is the first part of a vital new series of educational resources for agriculture, veterinary and animal science courses.

Future resources will cover other species and farming practices such as broiler chickens (chickens bred for meat).

The resources are based on a combination of animal welfare scienceand the practical experience of farmers. For each species this will include a fully-referenced book incorporating case studies exemplifying good practice.

GAP will be a valuable tool for lecturers, educationalists, vets,farmers, students of agricultural and veterinary science and for all who make decisions which affect the welfare of farm animals.

Good Agricultural Practice is a concept evolved by the Food andAgriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). Good agricultural practices:

produce safe, healthy, high quality food for consumers

provide jobs with fair incomes for rural communities

are socially and environmentally sustainable

provide high standards of animal welfare.

The aim of Good Agricultural Practice should be to achieve development that is both humane and sustainable.

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[mushmush7]

There are good farmers out there! Support you local small family farms!

[sootysparks]

Thankyou for posting this. I am all for animal welfare - but watching extreme versions of factory farming (prolapsed uterus, broken limbs, ears and tails bitten off) can become depressing. Thankyou for showing the positive steps being taken by many farmers.

[Lima547]

Thanks for the video! I was really surprised when I saw Prof Paranhos da Costa from Brazil as i did Animal Science in that country!

[ArchFrozen]

marvelous video... i have instances of newly born piglets are crushed to dead by the heavy sow.. seeing the caption at 1.90 (heat to lure the piglets away from the sow) gives me an idea to built a small farrowing room with lamps to keep a segment of the room warm.

[nogerdsurg]

Excellent, I love your videos. Please get the word out, all over the world. This is how to pig farm. This is so refreshing to see, you all are knowledgable and humane. I pray that God richly blesses you all, and I'll bet this makes Him smile. You care about the welfare of your pigs and the community. Why can't corporations realize that factory farming is disastrous all the way around. Pigs also help the enviornment.

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[TomBoy2502]

Yes it looks good but what about what we do not see

I'm ta an education as a farmer as pig fit into a hazard stall

It's not all present that look like it

I am with 12 pigs per sow in a small shed

Also how pigs have had it

You can not see the meat of it comes from a small dark shed or a great pleasure stables

[godsmight20]

This is the right way to farm pigs. Really natural & good.

[Shalek]

I want my meat off this place :).