Enrichment is a variable process for enhancing animal environments based on behavioural biology and natural history.
Prime Agri offer a unique & innovative range of pig toys that are now used and sold across the Globe. We have specifically designed toys for Piglets, Weaners, Sows and Finishers. Made with natural high-quality rubber, the toys are pliable, durable and safe for pigs to bite on. Our environmental enrichment range are specifically designed to improve pigs living conditions, by encouraging the demonstration of a wider range of natural pig behaviours. Our enrichment toys have also proved successful for both veal and dairy calves.
Calf Enrichment Toys
The EASYFIX Astro 200 environmental enrichment toy can also be used as a form of environmental enrichment for Calves.
CowSignals® master trainer Wolfgang Müller recommends the use of environmental enrichment for calves in order to prevent boredom and prevent cross-sulking & inter-suckling which can have damaging effects such as udder damage, mastitis, and milk loss.
One of the main benefits of the toy is digestion. As the calf sucks the Astro 200, the oesophageal grove muscle is developed which assists in the passage of food directly to the abomasum where it is digested efficiently.
Pig Enrichment Toys
EASYFIX have designed a unique & innovative range of pig toys that are now used and sold across the Globe. We have specifically designed toys for Piglets, Weaners, Sows and Finishers. Made with natural high-quality rubber, the toys are pliable, durable and safe for pigs to bite on.
In Europe, EU legislation insists that pigs must have permanent access to sufficient quantity of material in order to enable proper investigation and manipulation activities. Our environmental enrichment range are specifically designed to improve pigs living conditions, by encouraging the demonstration of a wider range of natural pig behaviours.
Benefits of Pig Enrichment Toys
Pigs are naturally curious and social animals, who are highly motivated to explore their environment as they would do in their natural habitat. Benefits of our pig toys include:
- Reduces the frequency of aggressive behaviour (tail biting, ear biting etc.)
- Increases the pig’s ability to deal with challenges in a more natural way
- Broaden the range of behaviours expressed
- Improve production performance (Feed intake, average daily gain, feed conversion ratio)
- Reduce stress
