Factsheets

Below is a list of Factsheets produced by the Model Farm Project.

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The Factsheets are designed to illustrate how FAI deals with various issues faced by farming.

GENERIC
G1	Integral environmental enrichment for farmed animals
G2	The importance of maintaining animals in peer groups
G3	Nitrogen balance on farm
G4	Reducing antibiotic use in farmed animals
G5	Disease reduction through improved immune competence
G6	Easy weaning systems for farmed animals
G7	High fibre feed and human health
PIGS
P1	Thermal and physical comfort in pigs
P2	Free farrowing for indoor sows
P3	Preventing tail biting and leaving tails on pigs
P4	Improving eating quality of pork
P5	The provision of high fibre diets for pigs
POULTRY
Po1	Managing pullets through point of lay
Po2	Increased income from improved range provision for poultry
Po3	The management of injurious pecking in turkeys
Po4	The management of litter for poultry under free range conditions
Po5	The practical and commercial ramifications of removing the need to restrict feed in broiler breeders
Po6	Mechanised cleaning and ark movement in free range systems
CATTLE
C1	Removing horns in domestic cattle
C2	Total mixed ration feeding to ruminants
C3	Practical issues associated with the use of woodchip yards
C4	The reduction of antibiotic use in cattle through respiratory disease management
C5	Beef costs of production after decoupling
SHEEP
S1	Fostering techinques in sheep
S2	Farmers in control of internal parasites in sheep
S3	What can we do about lameness in sheep?
S4	Do we need to castrate lambs?
S5	What is a dry lying area for sheep?
S6	Disease prevention, best practice in sourcing rams
S7	The benefits of closing the lowland flock

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