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Collaborative project: Making pig husbandry fit for an Animal Welfare Label: Integrated development of housing systems and process technology for the transfer of conventional housings. Subproject 3 (LABEL-FIT)
Project
Project code: 2819200615, FLI-ITT-08-Ce-0047
Contract period: 15.01.2017
- 14.07.2020
Budget: 160,532 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
The project “LABEL-FIT” aims to develop solutions for the transformation of conventional barns for rearing and fattening pigs regarding to the requirements of the label “Einstiegsstufe” of the “Tierschutzlabel - Für Mehr Tierschutz” of the Deutscher Tierschutzbund e.V.. The main focus was 1) to develop and validate functional reliable comfort lying areas, 2) to increase the attractiveness of enrichment materials and 3) to develop and verify technical approaches to functional reliably remove liquid manure even if plant-based litter and/or enrichment materials is used. The technical measures were proven to be functional, however, partially resulting in high costs for reconstruction and operating. The occurrence of tail damages in undocked pigs could not be satisfactorily reduced. The findings are integrated in the guidelines of the Deutscher Tierschutzbund e.V. and are fed into various national panels dealing with a further development of farm animal husbandry accepted by the society.
Section overview
Subjects
- Agricultural Technology Animal Production
- Animal health
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
FLI - Institute for Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry (FLI - ITT)
Funding institution
Project management agencies
Associated projects: LABEL-FIT
- Collaborative project: Making pig husbandry fit for an Animal Welfare Label: Integrated development of housing systems and process technology for the transfer of conventional housings. Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Making pig husbandry fit for an Animal Welfare Label: Integrated development of housing systems and process technology for the transfer of conventional housings. Subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Making pig husbandry fit for an Animal Welfare Label: Integrated development of housing systems and process technology for the transfer of conventional housings. Subproject 4