Group housed sows adapt to mixing, shows study

Australian researchers have demonstrated mixing sows at weaning, or after mating, has no long term effect on welfare, according to Roger Campbell, CEO, Co-operative Research Centre for High Integrity Australian Pork (Pork CRC). “And excellent reproduction will be achieved, provided sows are appropriately fed and carefully managed,” Dr Campbell said. A large study (Pork CRC Project 1C-105) by Paul Hemsworth, Animal Welfare Science Centre (AWSC), University of Melbourne and scientists