Alternative handling tools for moving grow-finish pig cadavers

IF 0.7 4区农林科学 Q3 Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Journal of Swine Health and Production Pub Date : 2020-05-01 DOI:10.54846/jshap/1155

Ella Akin, Anna K. Johnson, S. Millman, Cassandra Jass, K. Stalder, John P. Stinn, J. Ross

引用次数: 1

Abstract

The National Pork Board provides recommendations for humane handling tools and non-ambulatory pig handling methods. However, there are limited published studies that evaluate the efficacy of handling tools for on-farm manual movement of grow-finish non-ambulatory or cadaver pigs. A sked, deer sled, and modified deer sled were studied as handling tools for non-ambulatory grow-finish pigs. Handling tools were tested on-farm using pig cadavers (59-134 kg) to evaluate effectiveness based on employee effort and opinion. Our results support the sked and deer sled as effective handling tools to move grow-finish pigs, while the modified deer sled was ineffective.

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用于移动生长肥育猪尸体的替代处理工具

国家猪肉委员会就人性化处理工具和非流动猪处理方法提供了建议。然而，评估处理工具在农场手动移动生长完成的非流动或尸体猪的效果的已发表研究有限。研究了带骨架、鹿拉雪橇和改良鹿拉雪橇作为非流动生长肥育猪的搬运工具。在农场使用猪尸体（59-134公斤）对搬运工具进行了测试，以根据员工的努力和意见评估其有效性。我们的研究结果支持雪橇和鹿拉雪橇作为移动生长肥猪的有效搬运工具，而改良的鹿拉雪橇则无效。

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Journal of Swine Health and Production 农林科学-兽医学

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1.80

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>36 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Swine Health & Production (JSHAP) is an open-access and peer-reviewed journal published by the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) since 1993. The aim of the journal is the timely publication of peer-reviewed papers with a scope that encompasses the many domains of applied swine health and production, including the diagnosis, treatment, management, prevention and eradication of swine diseases, welfare & behavior, nutrition, public health, epidemiology, food safety, biosecurity, pharmaceuticals, antimicrobial use and resistance, reproduction, growth, systems flow, economics, and facility design. The journal provides a platform for researchers, veterinary practitioners, academics, and students to share their work with an international audience. The journal publishes information that contains an applied and practical focus and presents scientific information that is accessible to the busy veterinary practitioner as well as to the research and academic community. Hence, manuscripts with an applied focus are considered for publication, and the journal publishes original research, brief communications, case reports/series, literature reviews, commentaries, diagnostic notes, production tools, and practice tips. All manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Swine Health & Production are peer-reviewed.