Pigs

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19.03.24

SchweinErleben: How wild are domestic pigs?

The "SchweinErleben" project is a research and educational programme run by the Albert Koechlin…

16.02.22

Results of the Core Organic Cofund project POWER summarised in a handbook

The handbook "Welfare and environmental impact of organic pig production" summarizes the results of…

16.12.20

Online conference on improving sustainability and welfare in organic poultry and pig production

The EU project OK-Net EcoFeed will hold its final project conference together with three other…

13.10.20

Save the date – Online conference on sustainability and welfare in organic poultry and pig production

The EU project OK-Net EcoFeed announces its final project conference bringing together four Horizon…

10.09.20

FiBL pig and poultry publications featured on Organic Farm Knowledge

17 FiBL publications relating to pig and poultry husbandry have enriched the Organic Farm Knowledge…

19.05.20

Albanian and Serbian guides on pig health and welfare published

Partners from two international projects have produced an Albanian and Serbian language edition of…

22.04.20

Video: Pig feeding – effect of silage on the occurrence of gastric ulcers

A lack of structured feed increases the risk of gastric ulcers, a common health problem in pigs.…

14.11.18

Ferkel: Besser Impfen statt Kastrieren?

Podiumsdiskussion über die Impfung als Alternative zur Ferkelkastration - Warum sich ein…
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Projects on the theme

Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	CH	Courses for specialist practitioner	01.03.2025	01.03.2028
ongoing	CH	Good grunting	01.12.2024	31.12.2027
ongoing	CH	Networking and advice on-farm slaughter	01.07.2024	30.06.2026
completed	CH	Status quo of parasite control on organic pig breeding and fattening farms in the canton of Aargau	01.04.2024	15.12.2024
ongoing	DE	Fortschritt mit Kompetenz und Spezialwissen für eine tierwohlgerechte, umweltschonende und nachhaltige Nutztierhaltung (Netzwerk Fokus Tierwohl)	01.01.2024	31.12.2026
completed	CH	Organic pork production in the PUFA context	11.12.2023	31.03.2025
ongoing	CH EU	Medicinal plants for animal health care: Translating tradition into modern veterinary (MedPlants4Vet)	12.10.2023	11.10.2027
ongoing	CH	Text book on pig husbandry	10.04.2023	31.12.2025
ongoing	CH	Pigs experience	01.09.2022	01.10.2026
ongoing	CH	Facilitating Innovations for Resilient Livestock Farming Systems (Re-Livestock)	01.08.2022	31.07.2027
completed	CH	Investigating antibiotic resistance genes and antibiotic resistant bacteria in pig manure as a result of the retrospective use of antibiotic (Antibiotikaresistenzen in Schweinegülle)	01.07.2022	31.03.2024
completed	CH	On-farm slaughter of pigs and small ruminants (hosk)	01.06.2022	01.06.2025
ongoing	CH	Agriculture - Climate Protection and Climate Adaptation with Biochar (Charclim)	01.06.2022	31.12.2026
completed	CH	Innovative animal-friendly husbandry standards for organic pig and cattle housing within the framework of the amended EU Organic Regulation	15.05.2022	28.02.2023
completed	AT	Living beings becoming food	20.04.2022	31.01.2023
completed	CH	Comparing the climate impact of conventional vs. organic meat	01.03.2022	30.06.2022
completed	CH	Consulting for implementing the project "Bioschwein 100.0"	01.03.2022	30.04.2024
completed	CH	Pigs going veggie – Feeding vegetable waste to pigs (Gemüseschwein)	01.03.2022	01.04.2023
completed	CH	EU Öko CH Bio Side-by-side Vergleich	28.02.2022	01.05.2023
completed	AT	CO2 Bilanz von Mastschweinen der Marke Berger REGIONAL OPTIMAL verglichen mit einem Szenario mit einer Fütterung von Sojafuttermitteln aus Übersee	01.12.2021	30.04.2022
ongoing	CH	Pathways for transitions to sustainability in livestock husbandry and food systems (PATHWAYS)	01.09.2021	31.08.2026
completed	AT	CO2-Bilanz von ausgewählten Rind- und Schweinefleischbetrieben im Vergleich zu Importware aus Argentinien und Deutschland	01.09.2021	15.12.2021
completed	CH	WelFeed – Increasing welfare in feeding and feed intake of pigs (WelFeed)	01.01.2021	30.06.2023
ongoing	DE	organicXlivestock (DL-TierDB)	15.12.2020
completed	CH	Weiterentwicklung BioSchwein	01.11.2020	31.12.2022
completed	AT	Bewertung von THG-Ersparnissen durch den Einsatz von Donau Soja statt importierter Übersee-Soja auf Ebene ausgewählter tierischer Lebensmittelprodukte	01.03.2020	31.12.2021
completed	DE	Informationsveranstaltungen für Ferkelerzeuger und Schweinemäster zu den Alternativen zur betäubungslosen Ferkelkastration (Los 5: Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Thüringen)	13.01.2020	31.08.2020
ongoing	CH	Protection of natural resources (water, soil) and promotion of biodiversity and challenges for agriculture in the face of climate change and economic issues (BLW Agroforesterie)	01.01.2020	31.12.2027
completed	CH	Support for free-range pig farming (Feel Free)	01.01.2020	31.12.2023
completed	DE	Progress with competence and specialist knowledge for animal well-being, environmentally friendly and sustainable livestock farming (Fokus Tierwohl)	19.12.2019	31.12.2023
completed	CH	Guidelines on breeding sows for piglet producers	20.11.2019	31.10.2020
completed	CH	Wiesenschwein, das Zukunftsschwein	01.11.2019	01.03.2022
completed	DE	Development of a database for organic animals and for organic juvenile aquaculture animals according to Art. 26 of the EU Regulation 2018/848 (TierDB)	01.09.2019	31.12.2021
completed	CH	Rethinking of Antimicrobial Decision-Systems in the Management of Animal Production (ROADMAP)	01.06.2019	20.05.2023
completed	AT	Hintergrundstudie für den WWF Fleischratgeber Bewertung von verschiedenen österreichischen Fleischsorten in Hinblick auf a) ausgewählte ökologische Indikatoren und b) das Tierwohl	07.08.2018	05.10.2018
completed	DE	Praxisgerechte Ferkelkastration unter Betäubung und postoperativer Schmerzausschaltung in der ökologischen Ferkelerzeugung / Schweinehaltung (Ferkelkastration)	01.06.2018	31.05.2020
completed	CH	POWER (Tierwohl und Resilienz in der Bioschweinehaltung) (POWER)	01.05.2018	01.11.2021
completed	CH	Leaflet on free-range pig production	03.01.2018	31.12.2018
completed	CH	Organic Knowledge Network on Monogastric Animal Feed (OK-Net EcoFeed)	01.01.2018	31.03.2021
completed	AT DE	Sustainable pig production systems (SusPigSys)	01.09.2017	30.11.2020
ongoing	CH	Our pig (Development of an alternative pig breed)	01.09.2017	31.12.2030
completed	CH FR	Health of small ruminants and pigs (TRANSAAT)	01.09.2017	30.09.2020
completed	AT	Participation project and transfer of knowledge to extended suckling period on organic piglet farms (Verlängerte Säugezeit)	01.06.2017	31.05.2020
completed	CH	Combining the 'eye of the stockman' and precision farming techniques to improve pig welfare (PigWatch)	01.03.2016	28.02.2019
completed	CH	The use of roughages to improve health and welfare of male pigs (CochonVert)	01.01.2015	31.12.2017
completed	CH	Prophylactic and therapeutic use of medicinal plants and natural products in calves and piglets	01.01.2015	31.12.2018
ongoing	CH	Unterricht SHI Homöopathie Schule (Unterricht SHI Homöopathie Schule)	09.04.2014
completed	CH	Alternative pig breeds for organic farms	01.04.2014	01.04.2015
ongoing	CH	Impact of farm, transport, and stunning procedure on stress-related parameters in pigs (Transport und Schlachtung)	01.10.2013
completed	CH	Auswirkung der Gruppenzusammensetzung und Förderung der Umsetzung der Ebermast (FairPig)	01.05.2012	30.11.2013
completed	CH	Improved contribution of local feed to support 100% organic feed supply to pigs and poultry (ICOPP)	01.09.2011	31.12.2014
completed	CH	“Swiss Made” protein: Protein feeds made from indigenous resources for organic poultry and pigs	01.09.2011	31.12.2014
completed	CH	Farm specific strategies to reduce environmental impact by improving health, welfare and nutrition of organic pigs (ProPig)	01.01.2011	31.08.2014
completed	CH	Prevention of selected diseases and parasites in organic pig herds – by means of a HACCP based management and surveillance programme (CorePig)	01.01.2007	31.12.2010
completed	CH	Group suckling of sows as a production system on organic farms	01.05.2005	31.03.2007
completed	CH	QualityLowInputFood WP 4.1: Development of improved preventive management strategies for endo- and ectoparasites and bacterial zoonoses of pigs and poultry (QLIF, WP 4.1)	01.03.2004	31.05.2009
completed	CH	Komplementärmedizin in der Ferkelerzeugung	30.11.1999	30.11.1999
completed	CH	Grundlagenforschung zu verschiedenen ISCADOR-Applikationstechniken beim Schwein	01.01.1999	31.12.2002
completed	CH	Parasitenbefall bei Nicht-Wiederkäuern

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Pigs

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SchweinErleben: How wild are domestic pigs?

Results of the Core Organic Cofund project POWER summarised in a handbook

Online conference on improving sustainability and welfare in organic poultry and pig production

Save the date – Online conference on sustainability and welfare in organic poultry and pig production

FiBL pig and poultry publications featured on Organic Farm Knowledge

Albanian and Serbian guides on pig health and welfare published

Video: Pig feeding – effect of silage on the occurrence of gastric ulcers

Ferkel: Besser Impfen statt Kastrieren?

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