Farm specific strategies to reduce environmental impact by improving health, welfare and nutrition of organic pig

Rousing, T.

Sørensen, J.T.

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TATION  pRÆSEN 16 NOVEMBER 2011 AARHUS UNIVERSITET PROPIG TINE ROUSING & JAN TIND SØRENSEN INSTITUT FOR HUSDYRVIDENSKAB, AU 1 ICROFS STATUS MØDE  16 NOVEMBER 20111 AARHUS UNIVERSITET ERA-NET CORE ORGANIC II  PROPIG (2011-2014) 9 Partnere i 8 Lande (AT, CH, CZ, DE, DK, FR, IT, UK) Koordinator: Dr. C. Leeb,  BOKU, Austria  Formål:   At undersøge samspillet mellem husdyrsundhed og velfærd, ernæring og miljøpåvirkning  At udvikle og formidle et management-redskab til forbedring af såvel husdyrsundhed og velfærd som ernæring og miljøpåvirkning   01.12.2011 ICROFS STATUS MØDE  16 NOVEMBER 20111 AARHUS UNIVERSITET DELMÅL   At identificere dyr-miljø samspillet i tre forskellige produktionssystemer til økologisk svineproduktion (udendørs/delvis udendørs/indendørs med befæstet udeareal) på tværs af europas klimazoner   At udvikle og implementere bedriftsspecifikke strategier til reduktion af miljøpåvirkningen gennem forbedret husdyrsudnhed, velfærd, ernæring og management af økologiske grise   At formidle viden til nationale rådgivningsinstitutioner og landmænd   01.12.2011 ICROFS STATUS MØDE  16 NOVEMBER 20111 AARHUS UNIVERSITET 3 Produktionssystemer  hver med 25 bedrifter across countries Hver bedrift:  › Husdyrvelfærd › Husdyrernæring › miljøpåvirkning › Økonomi › Kvalitative interviews med landmænd 01.12.2011 Studiedesign ICROFS STATUS MØDE  16 NOVEMBER 20111 AARHUS UNIVERSITET › For assessment and improvement › Checklist › HACCPbased MS Excel® Tool (Post weaning diarrhoea, Parasites, Piglet mortality, Fertility) if applicable › Automatic recording and feedback tool (handheld benchmarking system)  › Simple MS Excel® tool to calculate rations based on feed ingredients › Catalogue of possible improvement strategies  ›  Decision Support Tool for Reducing Environmental Impacts  01.12.2011 Tools ICROFS STATUS MØDE  16 NOVEMBER 20111 AARHUS UNIVERSITET TIDSPLAN          2011  2012  2013  2014       project month  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  35  36       month  11  12  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 WP     WP description    1  1 identification / determination of housing and management systems to be assessed  x  x  x  x  x       2 development of assessment protocol for animal health & welfare and environmental impact  x  x  x  x  x  x                                                                                           2  1 observer training x  x  x  x       2 farm visit 1: assessment of animals and environment x  x  x  x  x       3 farm visit 2: feed back: implementation of improvement strategies  x  x  x  x  x       4 farm visit 3: re-assessment for evaluation of improvement strategies                                                            x  x  x  x  x                                  3  1 evaluation of housing and management systems regarding health & welfare and environmental impact  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x       2 development of decision support tool for environmental impact x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x    3 evaluation of improvement strategies  x  x  x  x  x  x  x       4 summary of improvement strategies for the farming system as "codes of practice"  x  x  x  x  x  x  x   5 dissemination/publication (booklet, training courses, codes of practice)                    x  x                                x  x                                x  x  x  x  x  x                 workshop W1                 W2                                   W3              W4                 W5              W6          expert meeting     E1                                                  E2                                               E3          international stakeholdermeeting                                                                                                        X          national stakeholder meeting              X                                                                                   X          01.12.2011 ICROFS STATUS MØDE  16 NOVEMBER 20111 AARHUS UNIVERSITET WP1: DEFINITION OF SYSTEMS AND DEVELOPMENT OF ASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS OF ANIMAL HEALTH, WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS  (WP LEADER:  SANDRA EDWARDS/GILLIAN BUTLER) › Definition of Systems (indoor/partly indoor/outdoor) › Development of Assessment protocols  Animal health and Welfare: e.g. Clinical scoring, medicine records  Environmental impact: LCA, nutrient balances  Farmer: qualitative interviews, basic economical data › Automatic  recording and feedback  › „Decision Support Tool“ for environmental impact   01.12.2011 ICROFS STATUS MØDE  16 NOVEMBER 20111 AARHUS UNIVERSITET WP 2: ON-FARM ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION OF IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES OF ANIMAL HEALTH, WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS  (WP LEADER: TINE ROUSING) A prospective cohort observational study will compare the health and welfare status and environmental impacts of the three husbandry types. 75 farms (3 systems of 25 farms each)  › 1. visit: Assessment and data collection of environmental impacts , animal health and welfare › 2. visit Feedback of summarised information as “benchmarking” , “plan” written by the farmer (goals and improvement strategies). › between farm visits, farmers will be supported by phone and email. › 3. visit re-assessment of the farm situation, economic key data , furthermore a new plan will be made   01.12.2011 ICROFS STATUS MØDE  16 NOVEMBER 20111 AARHUS UNIVERSITET WP 3: ANALYSIS, EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION  (WP LEADER: SABINE DIPPEL)  1. Comparison of three systems regarding animal health, welfare and environmental impact 2. detailed analysis of effect of farming type on health and welfare and productivity 3. Evaluation of improvement strategies 4. Dissemination: › Website,  articles (farmer journals/scientific)  › Handbooks and training material for advisors   › National and international stakeholder meetings 01.12.2011 

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