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Title Survey_production_health_welfare_outdoor_pig_farms_Ireland
Description Survey of 40 questions answered by 90 participants that raised pigs outdoor in the island of Ireland for personal or commercial purposes. Single choice, multiple choices and open questions cover the following topics:demography, husbandry, feed and water management, animal health management and, farmer attitudes and perceptions of the outdoor pig industry.
License CC-BY-NC
Teagasc Department Pig Development
Téama Animal and Grassland
Language English
Principal Investigator (PI) Dr Keelin O'Driscoll
Principal Investigator (PI) email Keelin.ODriscoll@teagasc.ie
Data creator(s)
  1. Ophélie Menant
Geographic coverage Ireland and Northern Ireland
Rights notes This data is shared under a CC-BY-NC license. It enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. CC BY-NC includes the following elements: BY: credit must be given to the creator. NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.
Related resources
  1. Menant, O., Mullan, S., Butler, F., Boyle, L. & O’Driscoll, K. (2023). Characterising outdoor pig systems in Ireland. Presented at the EAAP 74th Annual Meeting, Lyon, 30 Aug 2023 (Session 62). The programme booklet lists this talk and authors.
  2. Teagasc. (2024). OneWelPig Newsletter, December 2024. Teagasc, Ireland. Available at: https://teagasc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/OneWelPig-December-2024-Newsletter.pdf
  3. Menant, O., Boyle, L., Mullan, S., Butler, F. and O’Driscoll, K. (2025) ‘Pigs and pasture: Drivers and characteristics of outdoor systems on the island of Ireland’, PLOS ONE
Time of data collection Dec 2022 - Feb 2023
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