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Pig References

References for physical problems

1. Meo H & Cleary G (1998), Australian Pig Industry Handbook - Pig Stats 97 , Pig Research and Development Corporation

2. Connaughton I (1995), "High sows deaths being investigated", Milne's Pork Journal , Dec 1995 (10)

3. Paterson R, Cargill C, Connaughton I & Pointon A (1997), "Sow deaths: rates, causes and risk factors", Pig Industry News , July (11)

4. Paterson R (1995), "Are we culling too many sows", Milne's Pork Journal , Feb (16)

5. Ciancio F (1996), "Sow wastage a major concern in many piggeries", Milne's Pork Journal , March (11)

6. Paterson R, Pointon A & Cargill C (1997), "Sow removal rates: reproductive removal risk factors", Pig Industry News , July (5,7)

7. Paterson R (1997), "Lame sows cause economic and welfare problems", Milne's Pork Journal , March (40-41)

8. McPhee C & Laws L (1976), "An analysis of leg abnormalities of boars in the Queensland performance testing station", Australian Veterinary Journal , vol 52 (123-125)

9. Fredeen H & Sather A (1978), "Joint damage in pigs reared under confinement", Canadian Journal of Animal Science , vol 58 (759-773)

10. Sather A & Fredeen H (1982), "The effect of confinement housing upon the incidence of leg weakness in swine", Canadian Journal of Animal Science , vol 62 (1119-1128)

11. Hale O, Newton G & Cleveland E (1984), "Effects of exercise during the growing-finishing period on performance, age at puberty and conception rate of gilts", Journal of Animal Science , vol 58 (541-544)

12. Perrin W & Bowland J (1977), "Effects of enforced exercise on the incidence of leg weakness in growing boars", Canadian Journal of Animal Science , vol 57 (245-252)

13. Sather A (1987), "A note on changes in leg weakness in pigs after being transferred from confinement housing to pasture lots", Animal Production , vol 44 (450-453)

14. Kelly H, Bruce J, Edwards S, Fowler v & English P (1996), "Leg injuries of piglets reared in different types of weaner accommodation", Animal Science , vol 62 (676)

15. Britton M, Roden J, MacPherson O, Willox G & English P (1993), "A comparison of a straw-based and slatted floor housing system for the weaned pig", Animal Production , 1993 vol 56 (477)

16. Cutler R, Spicer M & Fahy T (1992), "Cutting pre-weaner mortality losses", The Pig Farmer , May (32-33)

17. Gravas L (1979), "Behavioural and physical effects of flooring on piglets and sows", Applied Animal Ethology , vol 5 (333-345)

18. Curtis S, Hurst R, Widowski T, Shanks R, Jensen A, Gonyou H, Bane D, Muehling A & Kesler R (1989), "Effects of sow crate design on health and performance of sows and piglets", Journal of Animal Science , vol 67 (80-93)

19. Furniss S, Edwards S, Lightfoot A & Spechter H (1986), " The effect of floor type in farrowing pens on pig injury: I. Leg and teat damage of suckling pigs", British Veterinary Journal , vol 142 (434-440)

20. Stamotopoulos K, English P, MacPherson O, Roden J, Davidson F & Williams J (1993), "Evaluation of the usefulness of the provision of shredded paper as a bedding in a slatted-floored farrowing pen", Animal Production , vol 56 (475)

21. Ortega A, English P, Roden J, McPherson O, Peral P & Mora J (1994), "A study of the influence of shredded paper bedding at parturition on hypothermia, survival and growth of piglets and indices of sow welfare", Animal Production , vol 58 (476)

22. Dircks B (1991), "Dealing with dust problems", The Pig Farmer , Sept (24)

23. Pointon A & Sloane M (1984), "An abattoir survey of lesions of enzootic pneumonia in pigs in South Australia", Australian Veterinary Journal , vol 61 (408-409)

24. Moore M (1996), "When are your pigs catching pneumonia", Pig Industry News , March (9)

25. Blackall P (1998), "Pleuropneumonia costs $64 a sow annually", Milne's Pork Journal , Jan (28)

26. Moore K (1999), "Victorian PHMS herd inspections rise", Milne's Pork Journal , May (17)

27. Belschner H (1984), Pig Diseases , Angus and Robertson, Sydney

28. Payne H (1997), "Low cost shelters: will they work for you?", Milne's Pork Journal , May (36-38)

29. Pointon A (1988/9), "Campylobacter: Haemorrhagic enteritis, bloody gut", The Pig Farmer , Dec-Jan (35)

30. Holyoake P, Cutler R & Caple I (1994), "Prevalence of proliferative enteritis on pig farms in Australia", Australian Veterinary Journal , vol 71 (418-422)

31. Anon (1989), "Diseases of the growing herd", The Pig Farmer , May (20-27)

32. Holyoake P, Mullan B & Cutler R (1996), "Simulation of the economic impact of proliferative enteritis on pig production in Australia", Australian Veterinary Journal , vol 73 (89-92)

33. FAWC (1996), Report on the welfare of pigs kept outdoors , Surbiton Surrey

34. Stevenson P (1999), The tail docking of piglets , Report by CIWF Trust, July

35. Stevenson P (1999), The factory farming of pigs , CIWF Briefing, June

36. Hennessy D (1999), "Boar taint - some facts and figures", Milne's Pork Journal , November (36-39)