How can precision farming tackle sow lameness?

11-07-2022 | |
Pairis-Garcia
Monique Pairis-Garcia Associate professor and veterinarian, North Carolina State University, USA
Lameness is a negative health condition that causes the sow pain and can have long-term impacts on sow health and productivity. - Photo: Bert Jansen
Lameness is a negative health condition that causes the sow pain and can have long-term impacts on sow health and productivity. - Photo: Bert Jansen
Precision livestock farming (PLF) is the specific use of technology to measure and manage issues at the animal level in real time. Pig health and welfare expert Dr Monique Pairis-Garcia looks at how PLF can be used to tackle sow lameness. PLF has become a hot topic, exciting many of us in agriculture. It has taken centre stage as we have seen increased funding opportunities to implement PLF technologies on-farm to advance animal welfare. The use of on-farm technologies provides producers with


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