Swine Bibliography Centre
|
Support that keeps you updated for FREE  |
Bulletin No. 19 - Fall 2004
18th IPVS Congress, Hamburg, Germany, 2004Production
HARTUNG J
Public perception of pig production - Past, present, future; challenge for pig production in the future
Proceedings of the 18th IPVS Congress, Hamburg, Germany, 2004 - Volume 2:774
Intensification, specialization and regional concentration are the three concepts that have been characterizing pig production in Europe over the last decades. Drastic changes in terms of management have occurred so as to satisfy the need for a growing supply of pork and achieve cost efficiency. All this process have had of course heavy consequences for animals and environment. The author paper considers all these aspects with some reference to the situation of pig raising in Germany.
