Why extended research matters with pigs

19-03-2018 | | |
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John Gadd Topic: Pig Management
How do effects on piglets pay off at the end of the road? Something worth investigating. Illustration: Dreamstime
How do effects on piglets pay off at the end of the road? Something worth investigating. Illustration: Dreamstime
No early work on small pigs is complete until the slaughter results are in. Unlike what is usually done, that moral should be kept high when doing pig research, writes management expert John Gadd. I find it difficult to write this piece. It will upset some worthy researchers whom I have long held in high esteem, and still do. The textbooks hardly ever mention what financial benefit (to the producer) the physical results of their worthy research are likely to achieve? Physical aspects being thin


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