The Latter Days of Being a Pig
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Inishmaan Suite
| Tuesday, April 8, 2025 |
| 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM |
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A focus on welfare and nitrogen in the growing and finishing pig stage
Speaker
Dr Ramon Muns
Principal Scientific Officer (monogastric Unit)
Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (AFBI)
Reducing the environmental impact of pigs in their latter days
Ms Melissa Cupido
Phd Student
Teagasc Moorepark
Does space allowance and enrichment material influence the occurrence of tail biting outbreaks in pigs?
Dr Laura Boyle
Principal Research Officer
Teagasc Moorepark
One Welfare as a framework to develop fair and resilient livestock production systems for the future: example from outdoor pig farming
Miss Nicola Mitchell
Scientific Officer
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Hillsborough, Down, United Kingdom
Outdoor pig rearing on the Island of Ireland – does agroforestry improve pig health?
Prof. André De Almeida
Professor
School Of Agriculture, University Of Lisbon
Reducing Crude Protein contents with amino acid supplementation in finishing pigs: an economic assessment in male versus female heavy Duroc X (Landrace X Large White) crosses
Mr Izuchukwu Martin Aroh
Phd Student
Teagasc Moorepark
Variation and factors influencing ammonia concentrations levels in finishing pig facilities, Ireland.
Chair
Elizabeth Magowan
Head Of Sustainable Agri-food Sciences Division
Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (AFBI)
