Production parameters and pig production cost: temporal evolution 2010-2014.

Background: The assessment of the cost of production and the relative weight of the different production parameters is very important in pig farming. The goals of the present work were 1) to describe reliable reference values for production parameters and pig production cost from 2010 to 2014, 2) to describe their temporal evolution and 3) to determine the influence of the pig company size on them. Between 61 and 107 pig production companies from Spain were included in this study from 2010 to 2014.

[Prevalence of mobile phone use while driving vehicles].

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of mobile telephone use while driving vehicles in the city of Lleida (Spain).

Methods: A random sample of 1536 cars passing through six intersections regulated by traffic lights in Lleida were selected (three with urban traffic and three with interurban traffic). Cyclists, motorcyclists and driving school cars were excluded.