Agricultural research and education center
Proef- en vormingscentrum voor de landbouw
Bocholt, belgium
Institute: Agricultural research and education center
Institution type: Public & private
Funding: H2020- research infrastructures
Type of Facility: Behaviour & welfare animal health breeding & genetics environment impact field experiments feed & feed tehnologies housing & system trials performance trials physiological studies
Type of housing: Swine experimental farm
External events: Yes (prior agreement needed)
Livestock type: Pigs
Number of livestock: 57 no of sows and 720 no of pigs
He swine experimental farm as two facilities, one housing the sows and the other housing the weaning and growing-finishing pigs.
Individual housing for the sows ready for insemination
Group housing for the gestating sows
3 identical piglet compartments
6 identical growing – finishing compartments.
Electronic identification (uhf)