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English: This Order which is made under the Animal Health Act 1981 replaces the Movement and Sale of Pigs Order 1975 and, so far as they relate to pigs, the Movement of Animals (Records) Order 1960 and the Markets, Sales and Lairs Order of 1925. It also implements some of the requirements of Council Directive 92-102-EEC on the identification ...
Intensive pig farming, also known as pig factory farming, is the primary method of pig production, in which grower pigs are housed indoors in group-housing or straw-lined sheds, whilst pregnant sows are housed in gestation crates or pens and give birth in farrowing crates.
The Gerhardt Octagonal Pig House near Gladstone, North Dakota, United States, was built in 1930. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1] It is a pig brooding house which is 24 feet (7.3 m) in diameter. [2]
Gestation crates, used on modern pig-production facilities, commonly referred to as factory farms. A gestation crate, also known as a sow stall, is a metal enclosure in which a farmed sow used for breeding may be kept during pregnancy.
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The sty was designed as accommodation for pigs but also has elements of a folly. It was built for John Warren Barry (1851–1920) of Fyling Hall , local squire and Justice of the Peace . Barry had travelled extensively in the Mediterranean, writing a detailed work, Studies in Corsica: Sylvan and Social published in 1893, and had a strong ...
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A sty or pigsty is a small-scale outdoor enclosure for raising domestic pigs as livestock. It is sometimes referred to as a hog pen, hog parlor, pigpen, pig parlor, or pig-cote, although pig pen may refer to pens confining pigs that are kept as pets as well. Pigsties are generally fenced areas of bare dirt and/or mud.