{"id":232,"date":"2012-11-23T09:58:36","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T16:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350\/?p=232"},"modified":"2012-11-23T09:58:59","modified_gmt":"2012-11-23T16:58:59","slug":"pigs-future-brightens-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350\/pigs-future-brightens-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigs’ Future Brightens Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Group 18 \u2013 Gambier Island Sea Ranch \u2013 Pig Management Project<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

This team is of the lucky few chosen to travel to beautiful Gambier Island for their project. They worked with the Gambier Island Sea Ranch to look into the recent health problems of their pigs \u2013 over the past 2 years all the pigs have had to be euthanized due to an unknown disease. Speculations were made (possible ring worm infections?) as a tight budget prevented the farm from hiring a veterinarian and suggestions were given (move the pigs to a different field) along with various other advice for their Gambier Island community partner. Due to the nature of their project, group 18 was left with not much else to do so they were given the task of building nesting boxes for the ranch\u2019s chickens. They were a bit frustrated with this because it didn\u2019t involve their specific project, however it served as a great experience for them as none of the group members had any woodworking experience and reassured them of the strength of their team\u2019s character because the boxes actually turned out quite nicely.<\/p>\n

Group 18 has a positive outlook on the future of Gambier Island Sea Ranch\u2019s pig rearing because of the foundation they have set and advice given for having happy, healthy pigs. Hopefully the next round of LFS students to undertake this project will find this group\u2019s efforts useful for improving the ranch in the years to come.<\/p>\n

Kat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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