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• Breeding for improved piglet survival in non crate systems: the UK perspective - Sandra Edwards, Rainer Roehe and Alistair Lawrence
• Neonatal piglet mortality: outdoor production versus indoor pen-housing in relation to breeding for improved survival - Emma M. Baxter
• Neonatal piglet mortality: crates versus indoor pen housing in relation to breeding for improved survival - Lene J. Pedersen
• Piglet mortality on farms using farrowing systems with and without crates - Beat Wechsler
• Research activities in Norway on sow behaviour, farrowing environment and management: piglet mortality: importance of maternal behaviour and investment in the litter, management and factors related to the farrowing pen - Inger Lise Andersen
• Important pen features and management in farrowing pens for loose housed sows - Lene J. Pedersen
• Prototype pens and functional systems - Vivi Aarestrup Moustsen and Lene J. Pedersen
• Trends and developments of farrowing pens - Bo Algers
• Welfare and economic aspects of non-crate farrowing systems - Johannes Baumgartner
• A producer's perspective on farrowing pens for loose housed sows - Svend Erik Dalsgaard Justesen
• The Danish Animal Welfare Society's perspective on farrowing pens for loose housed sows - Birgitte Damm
• Challenges regarding pen design, productivity and experiences related to production of pork for the global market - Niels-Peder Nielsen