BPEX Work Instruction Series
Helpful series of guides to carrying out pig husbandry tasks correctly and safely from BPEX.Work instruction 18: Teeth clipping/grinding
Work instruction 17: Tail docking
Work instruction 16: Split Suckling
Work instruction 15: Skip-a-heat
Work instruction 14: Humanising gilts and young boars
Work instruction 13: Handling gilts
Work instruction 12: Litter swapping
Work instruction 11: Tagging
Work instruction 10: Shunt fostering (outdoors)
Work instruction 9: Preparing a farrowing arc
Work instruction 8: Handling and restraining pigs
Work instruction 7: Loading and unloading pigs
Work instruction 6: Semen storage and handling
Work instruction 5: Power washing
Work instruction 4: Safe storage of veterinary medicines
Work instruction 3: Preparing the farrowing crate
Work instruction 2: Slapmarking slaughter pigs
Work instruction 1: Writing an effective work instruction
Updated January 2015