[Veterinary supervision of pig farms (author's transl)]

The structure of pig-farming has undergone considerable alterations since organized pig health care started in 1958. Despite education and improvement in a variety of fields, results have been showing a slight decrease in recent years. Veterinary supervision of pig farms should therefore be adjusted. This process of adjustment which started in the Province of North Brabant in 1965, consists of four sections, each of which is discussed. These are the system of integration, examination in the slaughter-house, supervision by the practitioner and field studies.