Raising Sows

1. In Pig Farming, Growing Concern Raising Sows in Crates Is Questioned

""I think the pork industry has to deal with the reality that they are raising sows in ways many people will find unacceptable," said John McGlone of Texas ..."
www.pmac.net/AM/pigs_in_crates.html

2. In Pig Farming, Growing Concern; Raising Sows in Crates Is ...

"The Washington Post - In Pig Farming, Growing Concern; Raising Sows in Crates Is Questioned - From the HighBeam Research Archive."
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3. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education - Publications ...

"Instead, producers are raising sows outdoors to allow them more space and access to fresh air and sunshine. Researchers and farmers have found that, ..."
www.sare.org/publications/hogs/prod_sys04.htm

4. SANET-MG Archives -- June 2001 (#178)

"Valerie In Pig Farming, Growing Concern Raising Sows in Crates Is Questioned By Marc Kaufman Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, June 18, 2001; ..."
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5. SANET-MG Archives -- June 2001 (#226)

"Instead, some pork producers and > > Texas Tech University have experimented with outdoor and group systems for > > raising sows that are as effective and ..."
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6. How to raise the good sow

"Raise good sow prolific piglet , produce stalwart precondition of piglet. As the saying goes " mother is strong and fat ", exactly. The sow requires to be ..."
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7. Wu MingFa " pig "'s wealth

"Wuming county Party committee, county government are according to the tradition that local peasants raise the sow, in order to change resource advantage ..."
eng.gxny.gov.cn/eng/?2001/0809/092348-1.Html

8. PETA Media Center > Factsheets > Factory Farming: Mechanized Madness

"18) Marc Kaufman, “In Pig Farming, Growing Concern; Raising Sows in Crates Is Questioned,” The Washington Post 18 Jun. 2001. 10 Kaufman “In Pig Farming, ..."
www.peta.org/mc/facts/fsveg3.html

9. Vinh University Socialist republic of Vietnam

"Raising sows (economical bred-cross species) and pigs: 56 (16 sows and 40 ... for those who raise sows/ female pigs, and pigs, after 3 years for those who ..."
www.chs.ubc.ca/lprv/OutputPDF/VinhCommune1(NghiPhong)Pilotproposal_Jun00.pdf

10. NEWSLETTER

"To increase by 900 the number of producing sows by promoting the setup of. few industrial or semi-industrial farms raising sows. ..."
www.avsf.org/library/cms_download.php?cat=article_document&doc_id=869

11. IMPACT Press: Article: "Gestation Crates: No Way To Treat A Pig ...

"In a major front-page expose on modern hog-farms by a Washington Post reporter ("In Pig Farming, Growing Concern: Raising Sows in Crates Is Questioned" by ..."
www.impactpress.com/articles/augsep01/gestation80901.html

12. HumaneFood.ca - Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals - News

"Sows are the "baby machines" of the hog industry, giving birth to the piglets who eventually wind up as pork. In the old days, farmers used to raise sows in ..."
www.humanefood.ca/News/news_83.html

13. 6937 Battery Cages Brochure

"phase out the use of sow stalls in favour of a more. humane system of raising sows. Canadian. consumers must also accept their role in this. change, too. ..."
www.humanefood.ca/docs/SowReport.pdf

14. The use of ensiled cassava leaves for feeding pigs on-farm in ...

"Many farmers and villages have specialised to either raising sows for piglet production which are sold to other farmers or to buying piglets for fattening. ..."
www.mekarn.org/proprf/wern.htm

15. Apparatus for raising a sow in a farrowing crate - Patent 7178484

"In a farrowing pen which includes a pit and over the pit a first floor portion on which the sow can stand and lie and two further floor portions on each ..."
www.freepatentsonline.com/7178484.html

16. Viva! USA - When Pigs Cry Report

"In Pig Farming, Growing Concern, Raising Sows in Crates Is Questioned. Washington Post, June 18, 2001. 42 Grimes, G. (1998). Videotaped interview. ..."
www.vivausa.org/campaigns/pigs/report-refs.htm

17. KountryLife.com - Small-Scale Pig Raising

"Two alternatives when raising a litter are: Purchase a bred gilt (she may ... Gilts tend to have smaller litters, and lack the immunity sows have had time ..."
www.kountrylife.com/articles/pigs.htm

18. [Prophylactic disinfection of the housing for suckling sows under ...

"[Prophylactic disinfection of the housing for suckling sows under commercial swine-raising conditions] [Article in Bulgarian] Karadzhov S, Kesiakova S, ..."
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19. [Transmissible gastroenteritis in a swine raising unit of 1200 ...

"[Transmissible gastroenteritis in a swine raising unit of 1200 productive sows. 3. Course of selection-based eradication] [Article in German] ..."
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20. Discontinued Extension Publications

"A-0031, PROBLEMS OF RAISING SOWS IN CONFINEMENT, DANION. A-0032, SMALL-SCALE SWINE PRODUCT. RECOMMENDATIONS, DANION. A-0033, SWINE GESTATION TABLE, DANION ..."
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