Animal welfare during transport has for a long time been a problem around the world. Many animals are transported in stressful environments for slaughter. Even during Roman and Antiquity times wild animals were transported from Africa to the amusement parks in Rome. The aim of our work was to compare how well Sweden and Denmark are performing their inspections of transports of cattle and pigs for slaughter. Today, overloaded transports and poor treatment is not uncommon in Europe and every year 22 million animals are transported between countries.

Piglet survival is a problem of great significance in pig production, affecting both animal welfare and economic aspects negatively. In Sweden it is illegal to use farrowing crates for sows on regular basis. To encounter this problem there is a proposal of an animal welfare program to allow the use of crates for sows during, and a number of days after, farrowing. The proposal aims to reduce piglet mortality and improve pig welfare. This present review aims to analyse how crating affects the welfare of sows, gilts and piglets as well as piglet mortality.

Under en tidsperiod på tretton veckor mättes temperaturen på tvåhundratjugo suggor och etthundraåttiotre smågrisar i grisningsboxar vid SLUs forskningsanläggning. Vid varje mätningstillfälle mättes rektaltemperatur samt hudtemperatur på tryne, öra, bog, länd och vulva. Varje mätområde på huden mättes tre gånger vid ett mättillfälle, två olika IR-termometrar användes. Detta innebar totalt ettusen etthundra enskilda mätningar på suggor och niohundrafemton mätningar på smågrisar. som samlades in och analyserades avseende korrelation mellan de olika mätområdena på huden och rektaltemperaturen.

The objectives of this experimental study were to investigate if a strategic method to supply loose housed sows with large quantities of straw 2 days before expected farrowing and if the sow?s body condition had any effect on the occurrence of shoulder lesions 5 weeks after farrowing. Data came from a study conducted on four commercial piglet-producing farms in southwest Sweden between March and December 2009. At each farm one batch of sows was followed during two consecutive lactations. The sows were randomly assigned to two different treatment groups and the sows that remained in the batch during the second lactation switched treatment group.

At the farm Fride, in Lojsta at the Southern part of Gotland, my family runs a pig production with 80 part-integrated sows in a ?Familybox-system?. The main parts of the facilities are from the early 90´s and have done their job. The production results have the last years decreased because of new infections so we have to do something before shifting ownership! This degree thesis is meant to answer the question about which the optimal extension would be today. By studying literature, use my own experience and make lots of calculations, I try to find out different opportunities.

During pre-slaughter handling of pigs the animals are often subjected to methods that induces stress and are a threat to the wellbeing of the animals, such as mixing of groups, loud noise and transportation. A new law will be implemented in 2006 in Sweden that prohibits mechanical noise exceeding 65 dB in abattoirs. The purpose of the research presented in this paper was to examine the effects of noise and transportation on pig behaviour. The activity and aggressiveness of the pigs were examined with behavioural studies during transportation and during three different noise levels: 55, 75 and 95 dB. Before the noise treatments took place the groups were mixed and half of them were transported for approximately 2 hours. In the study 432 pigs were used.

Studiens syfte är att utreda vilka faktorer det är som påverkar grisproducenter när de väljer slakteri. Det som framför allt är av intresse är producenternas val mellan lantbrukskooperativa slakterier och investorägda (?privatslakterier?). Studien bygger på socialpsykologiska teorier. På basis av dessa formuleras ett antal hypoteser, från vilka frågor härleds till den frågeguide, som används vid intervjuerna.

SammanfattningStatens Jordbruksverk ansvarar för den centrala kontrollen av djurskyddet i Sverige. De kontrollerar och säkerställer att samhället fungerar enligt de lagar som riksdagen bestämt. De utövar offentlig kontroll, samordnar kontrollmyndigheterna samt ger dem stöd, råd och vägledning. Sedan 2009 har länsstyrelserna ansvaret för djurskyddskontrollerna i Sverige.Under år 2010 utförde Sveriges länsstyrelser 12 882 kontroller och det skrevs 1541 förelägganden och förbud. Under samma år uppmättes antalet lantbruksdjur- och hästföretag till 21 586 med nötkreatur, 17 509 med häst, 8 657 med får, 1 695 med Svin samt 102 med fjäderfän.