Ready for the next step: How to reduce aggression in sows?

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Monique Pairis-Garcia Associate professor and veterinarian, North Carolina State University, USA
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As an increasing amount of sow farmers move to group housing for sows around the globe, many of them also search for answers how to tackle aggression in sow herds. Solutions are available in the laboratory, but often a next step is needed to implement them on a large scale, writes pig health and welfare expert Dr Monique Pairis-Garcia. Improving animal welfare on pig farms is a priority for the global swine industry and has become a unique and critical component to ensuring long-term sustaina


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