Welfare

4 February 2025

In her blog, Jen Waters talks about a new training module that anyone involved with moving and handling pigs will be able to take.

13 July 2021

Find out how to use Medicine Hub with our quick reference guide

11 March 2021

A panel discussion featuring representatives from AHDB, Red Tractor and NFU

9 February 2021

Explore the ‘dos and don’ts’ of cattle handling with Dr Temple Grandin, a globally respected animal behaviourist from the University of Colorado

3 February 2021

AHDB, HCC and QMS and Dr Alex Corbishley, vet and senior lecturer in farm animal practice at University of Edinburgh, hosted a webinar on improving new-born survival on beef and sheep farms.

3 February 2021

AHDB, HCC and QMS hosted a webinar with Dr Alex Corbishley, on improving neonatal survival on beef and sheep farms.

26 January 2021

Gilt Watch® demonstrated there are many solutions to improving overall gilt and sow retention but only when embedded across processes to produce marginal gains. What is needed is a how-to guide for getting from variation to standardisation.

26 January 2021

Gilt Watch® mentors have shown that controlling some of the processes around gilt selection, farrowing groups and nutrition by parity, substantial reductions in variation and performance can be achieved.

26 January 2021

6 June 2022

Discover our Gilt Watch® programme, designed to help pig producers make informed and efficient business decisions on gilt management.

25 January 2021

The Real Welfare project gathers standardised information on a mix of ‘iceberg indicators’ of health and welfare to provide a pragmatic, evidence based approach to assess welfare from an animal’s perspective.

25 January 2021

Data show that, on average, all the welfare outcomes measured through the Real Welfare scheme, bar one, have shown improvements since the scheme was introduced in 2013.