Embrapa Swine and Poultry has developed production cost surveys and studies since the late 1980s, initially for swine and, since the 1990s, for broiler chicken. The aim of the project "Cost of Compliance" is to comparatively access the costs that farmers face to adjust to environmental legislation, and legislation on food security and animal wellfare, in order to project impact on competitiveness.

The study will comprise twelve European Union countries (Germany, Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2012

The adoption of intensive pig farming systems brought economies of scale, greater productivity and logistic gains, but it increased the incidence of infections and animal stress levels, resulting in bouts of infectious diseases and making the use of antimicrobials in subtherapeutic or preventive doses necessary to promote growth and to mitigate the occurrence of diseases.

However, the rise of viral infections in recent years, the increase in bacteria that are resistant to antimicrobials ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2017