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December 2020
The project is unique in that it brings the cutting-edge concept of fetal imprinting to an implementation level for commercial sow farms.
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April 2020
A lower frequency of behavioral aversive responses was observed in the intradermal route of vaccine administration group than in the intramuscular group.
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September, 2018
The authors share their strategies in the face of tail biting outbreaks as well as on-going preventative measures.
Based on the experiences of our 4 veterinarians representing some of the most important global swine production regions (i.e. Germany, North America, China, and Spain), tail biting is currently one of the most concerning multifactoral problems for the industry. In the first article of this series, we learned about the various geographical perspectives on this problem. We also learned that, although access to substrates, such as hay, is important for satisfying the exploration and chewing behavior of the pigs, several other factors should be considered for tail biting. The lack of a single clear cause makes the problem frustratingly hard to control. During this second article, we will review the different strategies that the authors use in the face of a tail biting outbreak as well as the on-going preventive measures that they recommend to their producers on a daily basis.
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August, 2018
We explain a simple and easy method for cleaning creep feeders.
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June 2018
The objective of this study was to investigate associations between early life indicators, lactation management factors and subsequent mortality, health, welfare and carcass traits of offspring.
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Tuesday 13 February 2018
In the double nursing strategy every week one or more sows nurse two litters simultaneously from birth to weaning.
Hyper-prolific sows produce more piglets than they can suckle, as the number of milk producing teats of the sow is lower (twelve to sixteen) than the number of live born piglets per litter. Farmers and farm workers are struggling to feed this surplus of piglets. To minimize suckling piglet mortality, litter size at 24 hours after parturition should not exceed the number of functional teats of the sow. Strategies to adequately nurse or feed the surplus of piglets after 24 hours are limited and mostly restricted to either fostering piglets by other sows, supplying milk replacers (formula) or early weaning and rearing on formula.
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Mar 09, 2017
The economics of marketing decisions, dietary phase changes, deciding when to mate gilts, etc., are all closely tied to an approximation of pig weight. Yet available tools to capture pig weight, without the use of a scale, are limited.
Pig farmers recognize the importance of pig weight. The economics of marketing decisions, dietary phase changes, deciding when to mate gilts, etc., are all closely tied to an approximation of pig weight. Yet available tools to capture pig weight, without the use of a scale, are limited. To our knowledge we are still waiting for a cost-effective, handheld device that accurately estimates pig weight. Yet we are confident this technology will be developed in the future.
Read more … Weighing pigs without a scale? All you need is a tube to measure heart girth
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