May 2013

Reproductive potentials of rabbit does fed diets containing processed cassava peel/blood meal mixtures

  A study was conducted for 12 weeks using sixty crossbred (Newzealand white x Chinchilla) female rabbits to investigate the effect of  feeding  cassava peel/blood meal (CPBM) mixture (3:2) on their performance. Ten experimental diets were formulated with diets 1 serving as control. Diets 2, 3 and 4 had 10, 20 and 30% inclusion of ash treated  CPBM mixture (ATD+BM); diets 5, 6 and 7 had 10, 20...

Author(s): Ojebiyi O. O., Farinu G. O., Babatunde G. M., Togun V. A., Oseni S. O., Shittu M. D.  and Amao O. A.

May 2013

The application of animal welfare standards in intensive production systems using the assessment protocols of Welfare Quality®: Fattening pig husbandry in Northwest Germany

  The increased requirements for animal welfare have raised the need for a comprehensive on-farm assessment system. This paper is a first step to analysing the reliability and feasibility of the on-farm welfare assessment with regard to the animal-related measures of Welfare Quality© in intensive fattening pig husbandries. Based on the 2009 Welfare Quality® assessment protocols for pigs, six analyses...

Author(s): D. Otten, E. Annas and H. F. A. Van den Weghe

May 2013

Nitrogen and phosphorus management on pig farms in Northwest Germany – nutrient balances and challenges for better sustainability

  The study analyses the nutrient flow of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) on six intensive pig farms in Northwest Germany over a period of 5 years. The study investigated the farmers’ management of nutrient flows associated with intensive pig farming, focusing especially on the management of manure. It could be shown that in intensive pig production, high performance and performance-related feeding...

Author(s): D. Otten and H. F. A. Van den Weghe