A comparison of transporters’ paddle use when unloading pigs at slaughter
Today, pigs are moved on farm, between farms, between countries and to abattoirs. This movement of live pigs requires handling practices that are designed for the purpose. The objective of this study was to research the use of paddle in moving pigs, to investigate if there were different methods of...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7037/ |
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| author | Bornhede, Maria |
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| description | Today, pigs are moved on farm, between farms, between countries and to abattoirs. This movement of live pigs requires handling practices that are designed for the purpose. The objective of this study was to research the use of paddle in moving pigs, to investigate if there were different methods of paddle practice, explore the time efficiency of different kinds of paddle use and if there were any time variations in methods that varied in intensity of touch. This study was done on two Swedish abattoirs for a total of five weeks. A total of 22 transporters working at two different abattoirs where studied during unloading of pigs at the abattoirs. It was registered how the staff used the paddle, the size of each compartment in the truck and the time it took to move pigs out of each compartment. The total number of touches to the pigs, other use of paddle and the force with which these touches were directed was noted. There were differences among staff on time to move pigs and the methods used for moving. Staff differed in frequency of touches to animals, the proportion of paddle use that ended in physical contact with the pigs and the force of touches to pigs. There was a trend towards touches of less force to be more time efficient. The number of touches did increase with time of moving but the frequency did not generally increase with time, suggesting that an increased frequency of touch will not increase efficiency of moving pigs. Transporters were scored for paddle touch intensity and the time to move pigs was compared. There was a tendency towards less intense methods to be more time efficient than more intense methods of moving pigs. |
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| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
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| spelling | RepoSLU70372014-08-22T10:59:29Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7037/ A comparison of transporters’ paddle use when unloading pigs at slaughter Bornhede, Maria Agriculture - General aspects Today, pigs are moved on farm, between farms, between countries and to abattoirs. This movement of live pigs requires handling practices that are designed for the purpose. The objective of this study was to research the use of paddle in moving pigs, to investigate if there were different methods of paddle practice, explore the time efficiency of different kinds of paddle use and if there were any time variations in methods that varied in intensity of touch. This study was done on two Swedish abattoirs for a total of five weeks. A total of 22 transporters working at two different abattoirs where studied during unloading of pigs at the abattoirs. It was registered how the staff used the paddle, the size of each compartment in the truck and the time it took to move pigs out of each compartment. The total number of touches to the pigs, other use of paddle and the force with which these touches were directed was noted. There were differences among staff on time to move pigs and the methods used for moving. Staff differed in frequency of touches to animals, the proportion of paddle use that ended in physical contact with the pigs and the force of touches to pigs. There was a trend towards touches of less force to be more time efficient. The number of touches did increase with time of moving but the frequency did not generally increase with time, suggesting that an increased frequency of touch will not increase efficiency of moving pigs. Transporters were scored for paddle touch intensity and the time to move pigs was compared. There was a tendency towards less intense methods to be more time efficient than more intense methods of moving pigs. I dagens samhälle flyttas grisar på gårdar, mellan gårdar, mellan länder och till slakterier. Denna förflyttning av grisar kräver hanteringsmetoder som är anpassade för uppgiften. Syftet med denna studie var att inventera paddelanvändning vid drivning av gris, att undersöka om paddeln användes på olika sätt av olika transportörer, om vissa metoder av paddelanvändning var mer effektiva än andra och om mindre intensiva metoder av drivning var mer effektiva än mer intensiva metoder. Studien genomfördes på två svenska slakterier under totalt fem veckor. Sammanlagt studerades 22 transportörer på dessa två slakterier. Hur transportörerna använde paddeln, storleken på varje fack i lastbilen och tiden det tog att driva grisar ut ur facket registrerades. Även det totala antalet gånger transportören nuddade grisen med paddel, totala antalet av annan typ av paddelanvändning och kraften med vilken transportörerna nuddade grisarna med paddel registrerades. Transportörerna använde olika metoder för att driva djuren och det tog olika lång tid för transportörer att driva grisar. Olika transportörer använde olika hög frekvens när de nuddade grisar med paddel vid drivning, av den totala paddelanvändningen använde de olika stor andel för direkt beröring av gris och de använde även olika stor kraft när de nuddade grisar med paddel. Det fanns en trend mot att mjuk beröringar av gris med paddel var mer tidseffektivt än hårdare beröring. Frekvensen av beröring (antal beröringar per sekund) ökade generellt inte med tid, vilket tyder på att en ökad frekvens av att nudda gris med paddel inte ökar tidseffektiviteten i drivning av grisar. Transportörerna kategoriserades för nivå av intensitet av drivning och sedan jämfördes tiden att driva grisar mellan kategorier. Det fanns en trend mot att mindre intensiva metoder var mer tidseffektiva än mer intensiva metoder. 2014-08-11 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7037/7/bornhede_m_140822.pdf Bornhede, Maria, 2014. A comparison of transporters’ paddle use when unloading pigs at slaughter. Second cycle, A2E. Skara: (VH) > Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231) <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-880.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-3529 eng |
| spellingShingle | Agriculture - General aspects Bornhede, Maria A comparison of transporters’ paddle use when unloading pigs at slaughter |
| title | A comparison of transporters’ paddle use when unloading pigs at slaughter |
| title_full | A comparison of transporters’ paddle use when unloading pigs at slaughter |
| title_fullStr | A comparison of transporters’ paddle use when unloading pigs at slaughter |
| title_full_unstemmed | A comparison of transporters’ paddle use when unloading pigs at slaughter |
| title_short | A comparison of transporters’ paddle use when unloading pigs at slaughter |
| title_sort | comparison of transporters’ paddle use when unloading pigs at slaughter |
| topic | Agriculture - General aspects |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7037/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7037/ |