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Publication Date: February 6, 2012
Reference: livestockwelfare.com Research Watch 2012
Country: Canada
Summary:
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Studies done in Europe stress that breeding should try to include behavior, to improve welfare, as well as meat production. The researchers found a very wide range of stress responses between individual pigs. They suggest that if pigs are bread to be more robust that it will improve herd well being.