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When sows leave the truck at the entrance to the slaughterhouse, blocking may occur as they respond to the new surroundings. - Photos: Mette S. Herskin

23-02-2021 | News

3 ways to improve sow handling at slaughterhouses

Podcast: Tacking pre-weaning mortality in Denmark

17-02-2021 | News

Podcast: Tacking pre-weaning mortality in Denmark

A sow in a loose housing system in Germany, where piglets can even access neighbouring pens. - Photo: Hans Prinsen

08-02-2021 | Expert opinion

The long road toward loose housing of lactating sows

Danish finisher pigs on liquid feed in the trial. - Photo: Dr Katarina Nielsen Dominiak

27-01-2021 | Article

No historical data but fresh info from the barn

Around the world in 9 pig farms

21-12-2020 | Expert opinion

Around the world in 9 pig farms

The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements are made based on blood samples from pigs by using a NMR spectrometer. - Photo: Swedish NMR Centre

18-11-2020 | Article

Metabolomics: The missing link in genetic selection

Podcast: Working on a 500+ sow farm in Denmark

11-11-2020 | News

Podcast: Working on a 500+ sow farm in Denmark

Every breeding animal in the herd at Dortheasminde has its own selection index, describing its production value. - Photo: Dortheasminde

23-10-2020 | Article

Farm visit: Aiming for higher litter homogeneity

UV light can play a role in killing viruses during air filtration. This device is not related to the Danish research. - Photo: Shutterstock

29-07-2020 | News

Denmark: Air filtration with UV light to protect pigs

Who does what and when? Important questions that are not always answered on pig farms. - Photo: Bert Jansen

24-04-2020 | Expert opinion

Are we optimising labour enough on pig farms?