Video transcript: National Pig Centre
Transcript for the video embedded on the National Pig Centre page.
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[Video title ‘National Pig Centre’ appears on screen with aerial footage of a set of modern farm buildings surrounded by countryside and a road].
[Three logos appear over the top of the farm footage: University of Leeds, UK Research and Innovation and Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock].
[Voiceover starts:] Welcome to the national pig centre, the UK's largest and most advanced facility for research and innovation on commercial pig production focusing on sustainability nutrition and animal health and welfare.
[Footage cuts to outdoor and then an indoor facility with adult and baby pigs].
[Voiceover]: We're working with industry to help improve the sustainability and efficiency of pig production.
[Text appears that says: unique UK research capability, trials and indoor and outdoor production systems, CCTV throughout, 24 hour monitoring of individual pig’s behaviour at all stage of production].
[Return to aerial footage of the farm. Text overlays on specific buildings to show what facilities are housed there. They are: Conference centre and laboratory, dry sows and gilts, farrowing house, precision nursery, feed facility and finishing].
[Voiceover:] The ground-breaking indoor pig research capability operates on a three-week batch farrowing system; housing pigs from birth through to market weight.
[Footage of pigs frolicking about inside indoor facility eating hay, one inquisitively coming up to the camera]
[Text appears that says:] 440 integrated sow herd, automated ‘on-heat’ detection, large white x landrace damline, sireline as required.
[Voiceover:] Dry sows and gilts are housed in separate dynamic groups on a straw-based system. Animals are fed to individual requirements using electronic sow feeders and can be fed specific individual diets throughout the reproductive cycle.
[Footage of feeding stations with text that says: electronic sow feeders, choice of 6 diets or specific blends]
[Aerial footage of the farm which shows the location of the farrowing house].
[Voiceover:] The farrowing house features fully slatted pens with opening crates for loose nursing sows.
[Footage of sows nursing piglets. Text appears that says: 120 individual farrowing pens, animals fed to individual; requirements for wet and dry food, automated feeding system].
[Voiceover:] There are a further 10 individual piglet rearing pens featuring individual piglet feed, drink and weight recording.
[Aerial footage of the farm which shows the location of the nursery. Cuts to footage inside the nursery, showing a very clean environment with lots of individual pens and equipment].
[Voiceover:] The precision nursery houses up to 2,160 pigs.
[Text appears that says: Nine fully-slatted rooms, each housing 240 trial pigs, from weaning to 35 kg bodyweight, flexi-penning to house 5,10 or 20 pigs per pen].
[Voiceover:] The highly controlled environment and pen setup enables high precision accurate results there are two separate water lines to all pens for water-based treatment trials.
[Footage of CCTV camera]
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[Footage of farm showing location of two finisher units. Footage of pigs inside the unit].
[Voiceover:] Both nursery and finisher units feature automated monitoring of individual pig intake and weight.
[Footage of pigs entering a small pen to be weighed. The weight appears on a digital screen]
[Text appears: four building with fully slatted rooms, flexible layout – pens of 10 or 20 pigs, optional slurry pits].
[Voiceover:] For each visit to a feeder station the on-site feed facility uses a series of different feeds mixed and delivered to pigs.
[Footage of inside feeding facility. Text appears that says: two feeding kitchens offering a mix of any combination of diets including additives, three feed lines serving different areas of the indoor system].
[Voiceover:] In every stage of production the system has the capability for individual animal feed intake with accurate data recording for feed optimisation and performance studies.
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[Footage of the farm showing the location of the outdoor facility, and aerial footage of a muddy field with small shelters or ‘arks’ for the pigs].
[Voiceover:] The national pig centre is also home to the UK's only outdoor pig research facility - it operates in sync with the indoor herd.
[Footage of the pigs wandering around in the field. Text appears that says: 200 large white x landrace x duroc sows, sire line as required].
[Voiceover:] Farrowing sows are housed individually in one of 60 paddocks and arks are equipped with cctv to monitor farrowing and sow and piglet behaviour.
[Footage of a lactating sow in a crate in the field. Text appears that says: CCTV to monitor farrowing and sow/piglet behaviour, penned in seven static groups, individual feeding of sows in farrowing]
[Voiceover:] Sows are fed in a feeding crate during lactation allowing sow and piglet measurements to be safely carried out.
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[Footage of farm showing location of conference centre of laboratory. Cuts to a person stood looking at computers while wearing wellies]
[Voiceover:] Research expertise at the national pig centre spans a range of disciplines including nutrition, health, behaviour, welfare and fertility.
[Footage shows the person looking at an ultrasound image. Another person is looking at CCTV footage of sows feeding their piglets].
[Voiceover:] All come together under one roof to improve production, efficiency, pig health and welfare and the overall sustainability of the pig industry.
[Text appears that says: sustainability, computer vision, engineering, soil and water sciences, data analytics, atmosphere and climate science].
[Footage of a piglet feeding]
[Logos for the University of Leeds and Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock appears and email addresses to email the farm at farm@leeds.ac.uk, and email the Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock at enquiries@cielivestock.co.uk
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