CORE organic II ProPIG Farm specific strategies to reduce environmental impact by improving health, welfare and nutrition of organic pigs Main research questions: •ProPIGdefinedandcomparedthethreemostcommonhus- bandrysystemsintheEU(outdoor,partlyoutdoor,indoor) withrespecttoenvironmentalimpactsandanimalhealthand welfare,withthehypothesisthat,whenwellmanaged,allthree housingsystemsaresimilar. •ProPIGinvestigated,ifgoodanimalhealth,welfareandproper nutritionarecorrelatedwithdecreasedenvironmentalimpacts atfarmlevel.Thehypothesistestedwas,thatimprovedhealth andwelfareimpactspositivelyontheenvironmentalimpact throughe.g.decreasedmedicineuse,improvedgrowthrates andfeedconversionefficiency. •DuringproPIGfarmspecificmanagementstrategieswereim- plementedandthehypothesistested,thatimplementationof improvementmeasurescanimproveanimalhealthandwelfare, profitabilityandfeedmanagement.
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ProPIG - Core Organic 2coreorganic2.org/.../CoreOrganic2/Document/k4_propig2014.pdfArmelle Prunier, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France Tine Rousing, Aarhus University,
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CORE organic IIProPIG Farm specific strategies to reduce environmental impact by improving health, welfare and nutrition of organic pigs
Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) across the three housing systems (preliminary results)Greenhouse�gas�emissions�(CO2-eq.)�as�well�as�acidification�eutroph-ication�potential,�N�and�P�balances�were�calculated�for�each�farm.�fatteners�feeds�used�efficiency�had�most�impact�on�greenhouse�gas�emissions,�but�the�three�husbandry�systems�did�not�differ�regarding�this�aspect.�
Two Decision support tools:•� �All�improvement�measures�implemented�by�farmers�are�collected�
Further informationThis�project�is�funded�via�the�ERA-net�CORE�Organic�II�by�national�funds�to�each�part-ner.�CORE�Organic�II�is�a�collaboration�between�21�countries�on�initiating�transnation-al�research�projects�in�the�area�of�organic�food�and�farming.�In�2011,�CORE�Organic�II�selected�ProPIG�and�10�other�projects.