Table 1 List of the farm descriptors, additional to the electronic Medicines Book, available in the Real Welfare (RW) and Red Tractor (RT) Farm Assurance schemes (bold descriptors were used in the final statistical models; non-bolded descriptors did not show significance in preliminary models and were not further utilised; please refer to the statistical analysis section for details)
From: Farm characteristics affecting antibiotic consumption in pig farms in England
Descriptor (assurance scheme) | Additional farm descriptors |
|---|---|
Ventilation (RW) | Powered Natural Natural + fan ACNV (automatically controlled natural ventilation) |
Building type (RW) | Indoor kennel + outside yard Indoor kennel only indoor open-plan with internal divisions between pens Indoor open-plan Outdoor shelter and field ‘Trowbridge style’ Other pen type |
Feed availability (RW) | Ad libitum Restricted |
Feed type (RW) | Meal Liquid Pellets |
Feed delivery (RW) | Floor Hopper Trough |
Pen enrichments (RW) | Straw Deep straw Shavings Cardboard Other |
Pen bedding (RT) | Grower pens with straw Finisher pens with straw Dry sow pens with straw |