Keywords:
Rearing technique
Environmental impact
Meat quality
Welfare
Study of the relationships between farming technologies of Italian
heavy pigs (environmental parameters, feeding) and the quality of
raw and cured foodstuff (meat, carcass, raw and cured hams);
welfare assessment of Italian heavy pigs by means of behavioural,
blood and production indicators; in vivo studies on heavy pigs
(from different genotypes) fed by-products or non conventional
(i.e. alternatives to soyabean meal) protein sources.
