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New Safe Pig Handling video series
Story Date: 7/10/2014
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Source: NC PORK COUNCIL, 7/9/14
The National Pork Board recently released a new resource for producers called Safe Pig Handling. As pork producers, keeping animal caretakers safe is a high priority.
Working with producers to identify key areas where guidance is needed, educational materials, including a video, photos and handouts, were designed to help provide training in barns. Content from both the Pork Quality Assurance® Plus (PQA Plus®) and Transport Quality Assurance® (TQA®) programs were incorporated to create cohesive messages to workers.
The Safe Pig Handling materials reinforce fundamental safety concepts while depicting real-life, specific situations encountered daily in pork production.
The materials are designed to be used in one-on-one meetings, small groups and self-study training sessions, all with or without electronic capabilities.
Lesson Topics:
• Pig Behavior and You
• Training and Handling Boars
• Moving Pregnant Sows and Gilts to Farrowing
• Weaning Sows
• Weaning Pigs
• Market Hogs
All of this is available to producers at no charge. If you would like to receive a copy of the program on a flash drive, please contact Stephen Herring at sherring@pork.org.
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