Intensive pig farming
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intensive-pig-farming-188-335010
title:
Intensive pig farming
text:
Intensive pig farming, also known as pig factory farming, is the primary method of pig production, in which grower pigs are housed indoors in group-housing or straw-lined sheds, whilst pregnant sows are housed in gestation crates or pens and give birth in farrowing crates. The use of gestation crates for pregnant sows has lowered birth production costs; Gestation crates or individual stalls are used as a way to nurture the animals and protect them first during pregnancy. Because the animals are
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Method of animal husbandry
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensive_pig_farming
date created:
2002-12-15T04:14:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T19:45:27Z
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