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Precision pig management – resolving conflicts by integrated solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

C. M. Wathes  and
C. P. Schofield
C. M. Wathes
Affiliation:
Silsoe Research Institute, Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedford, MK45 4HS, UK
C. P. Schofield
Affiliation:
Silsoe Research Institute, Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedford, MK45 4HS, UK
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Integrated management systems (IMS) for pig production are one means by which the industry will be able to meet tight product specifications while satisfying society's demands to reduce the environmental impact of livestock production. The systems are based on modern theories of process control that have been proven in other industries but have yet to be applied to pig production. The initial application will be growth of the finishing pig but other stages of production, e.g. the gestating sow, may also be managed using an IMS. In the longer term, control of environmental processes within pig housing may also be amenable to an IMS but will undoubtedly reveal – and provide the opportunity to resolve – the conflicts between financial and environmental pressures in modern pig production. Other applications are envisaged and include active control of pig behaviour as well as disease.

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Section 3: A return to competitiveness
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BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 31: The Appliance of Pig Science , 2004 , pp. 77 - 84
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 2014

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