Story: Pigs and the pork industry

More links and websites

• Animal Welfare (Pigs) Code of Welfare

  On the Biosecurity New Zealand website, this code of welfare outlines requirements for pig-farming environments and practices.

• The New Zealand Kunekune breeders’ Association

  Information on kunekune pigs for people wanting to own and breed them.

More suggestions and sources

• Beginners guide to pig farming: a manual. Palmerston North: NZ Pork Industry Board, 1986.
• Beynon, Neville. Pigs: a guide to management. Marlborough, Wilts.: Crowood, 1990
• Davenport, Peter. Pig health & management. New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Bulletin 410. Rev. by Ross Buddle. Wellington: Government Printer, 1978.
• Watson, N. R. The basic principles of pig production. 2nd ed. Wellington: NZ Pork Industry Board, 1988.
• Whittemore, Colin T. The science and practice of pig farming. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998.
• Yerex, David. Small-scale pig farming in New Zealand: how to raise pigs for sale or home consumption. Masterton: Farm Books, 1994.