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| Lindgen, Kristina; Lindahl, Cecilia; Höglund, Johan; Roepstorff, Allan. |
| Organically raised pigs are at particular risk of being infected with pasture borne endoparasites, but the housing and management system may nevertheless have a great impact on transmission. In the present study pasture rotation routines on six pig farms representing two different organic management systems were compared; 1) a mobile system, in which the pigs during the summer were living in huts on pastures that were included in a long-term crop rotation scheme, while they during the winter were stabled with access to a concrete yard; 2) a stationary system, in which the pigs all year round were stabled with access to outdoor pastures in the summer time and a concrete yard in the winter. On one farm per system, the faecal excretion of nematode eggs from... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Farm nutrient management; Buildings and machinery; Pigs; Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/12231/1/Lindgren_12231_ed.rtf |
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