Euthanasia & the Casualty Pig

The Pig Edge

Laura Boyle, Senior Research Officer at the Teagasc Moorepark Pig Research Facility joins Ciarán Carroll on the latest episode of the Pig Edge podcast to discuss euthanasia & the casualty pig. Laura explains what euthanasia is and outlines the key parameters that farmers can use to identify sick and casualty pigs providing guidelines for farmers to help identify when a pig should be euthanised. She also provides information on the new Teagasc Pig Development Department infographic poster, a decision tree tool for farmers and farm staff to use to enable them to decide on the correct treatment path to follow for pigs and to make sure that they make the right call on euthanasia. The infographic can be downloaded here: https://www.teagasc.ie/media/website/publications/2021/The-Casualty-Pig-Poster.pdf For more episodes and information from the Pig Edge podcast go to https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/pigs/the-pig-edge-podcast/ Produced on behalf of Teagasc by LastCastMedia.com