1. A few observations about pigs – are first impressions true?

2. Pigs – the mortgage lifters

5. A Global Perspective Which country produces the most pigs? Which cultures consume the most pork?

9. What factors influence swine housing and the size of swine farms?

10. Living high on the hogs a low investment, low intensity operation

11. Historical housing for swine Issues: labor land use (more recently - environmental regulations)

13. Breeding & Gestation Farrowing Nursery Grower & Finishing Housing for Modern Pig Production

14. Pig Production in China – use of resources (labor)

15. Does the size of a swine operation affect animal well-being?

17. What factors influence swine housing and the size of swine farms?

19. Farrowing Crate - secure housing for the baby pig?

20. Cargill – open front building

21. Hoop – Structure J. Britt, NCSU. Curtain-sided, natural ventilation structure J. Britt, NCSU. Swine Confinement Housing

22. Sow gestation housing – individual crates

23. Individual Sow Gestation Crates - why?

24. Todd and the friendly boar – a lesson in photography!

25. Overcrowding?

26. Or selective photography?

27. Low animal density affects dunging patterns

28. Gestation crate

29. When mixed – pigs fight to establish dominance within a group

30. Low cost group housing for gestating sows

31. Total confinement housing for gestating sows

32. Overfeeding gestating sows increases embryonic death and decreases litter size

34. Low cost group housing for gestating sows

35. Open front group housing for gestating sows

36. Cuts & abrasions in group housing for gestating sows

37. What about pigs and the environment? Do new environmental regulations alter the types of housing facilities for swine?

38. Phosphorus and aquatic plant growth - impacts swine production Lake Mendota

41. A typical day in the life of a pig?

42. Gestating sows in wooded areas

45. Problems in Swine Housing ventilation manure management Tail-biting in pigs – a ventilation issue?

48. Engineering principles for ventilation in swine housing

49. Farrowing Crate - secure housing for the baby pig?