Selected best practices
During the survey conducted in the initial phase through questionnaires sent to the national expert groups, a relevant number of best practices related to quality pig farming emerged.
Among them, 21 best practices were selected by the project team, considered particularly useful for the training process of the course, and included within the BREED Toolkit as key component of the BREED training.
The details of the selected best practices are provided below in this page.
1 Reducing mortality
2 Early warning of diseases and production
2.2 Use of precision livestock farming techniques
3 Optimal vaccination strategies
3.2 Autogenous-stabulogenic vaccines
4 Tail biting
4.1 Preventive measures to avoid tail bites
5 Enrichment materials
6 Feed efficiency
6.2 Animal welfare aspects of good agricultural practice
7 Increase gilts and sows performance
7.1 Improving health and welfare of pigs
7.2 Provide well balanced feed for pigs
8 Caring for the environment
8.2 Adequate loads of live weight on the land
9 Biosecurity
9.1 Food quality and safety control
9.2 Farm protection with anti-wild boar fences
10 Data collection and support decision making
10.1 Apply the same practices as intensive breeding
11 Digital communication tools
11.1 Automate complex communication