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SOWS IN GROUP HOUSING
Comparison of zootechnic performances and identification of best breeding practices according to the feeding system for group-housed sows in the Quebec context
Features - Porc Québec, september 2022
Power Point Presentation
Report
Training workshop on new arrivals for group-housed sows
Presentations
Optimize management strategies for gestating group-housed sows using free access ESF systems
Fact sheet
Features - le Bulletin des agriculteurs, november 2019
Features - Porc Québec, november 2019 (French)
Final report
Power Point Presentation
Evaluating water wastage as per various drinking systems and the study of drinking behavior of gestating group-housed sows
Fact sheet
Features - Porc Québec, June 2019
Final report
Power Point Presentation
Transitioning to group housing: everything you need to know
Training Manual - Housing Sows in Groups
PowerPoint presentation - Different feeding systems for sows housed in groups
Barn layouts (plans) according to different systems
Information Sheet and Video - Floor feeding system
Information Sheet and Video - Free-access feeding system with partial (shoulder) stalls
Information Sheet and Video - Automated (ESF) feeding system with self-locking stalls
Information Sheet and Video - Electronic Sow Feeding (ESF) automated feeding system
Building Refits
Power Point Presentation - Feeding Systems - Group-housed Sows
Feature - Porc Québec magazine, April 2015 - Sows housed in groups: the Quebec experience
Innovative feeding system for pregnant sows housed in groups
(Self-locking stalls)
Feature - Porc Québec magazine, April 2014
Fact sheet - Innovative feeding system
Final report - Development of an innovative group feeding system for gestating sows
Technology and Techniques Fact-finding Mission: Group Housing for Pregnant Sows
Feature - Porc Québec magazine, June 2013
Feature - Porc Québec magazine, April 2013
PowerPoint presentation - European fact-finding mission on housing pregnant sows in groups, as well as practices that contribute to swine welfare
Technical Report of Fact-finding Mission - March 2013
Report on the farm visits