What is the best age to wean?

When the farrowings are programmed, their supervision has to be one of the main tasks in the farrowing quarters. The rest of the tasks must be organized in such a way that we can exert the maximum control over the programmed sows.

To date, 64 out of the 150 tested herds (42.7%) and 175 out of the 3118 tested piglets (5.6%) tested positive for M.hyo.

Pyridoxine (5 mg/kg) is not a major factor for Trp metabolism.

The annual pig meat production is 500,000 tons, and the amount assigned to exportation reaches a 40% of the total. The geographical characteristics of Chile provide it with unique conditions that have allowed the eradication of diseases such as PRRS.

Replacing starch by dietary fibre changes plasma metabolites profile in gestating sows.

In these articles, coordinated by PigChamp, we analyze the data collected at the farm in order to suggest changes for increasing the production efficiency.

Folic acid supplementation during gestation may improve milk production, milk quality and piglet performance.

Short weaning to service interval isn’t always a synonym for good management, since we have to take into consideration not only average number of days, but also the effect on the percentage of distribution after returns.

When exposed, the pigs get infected in less time than the length of the transportation and the waiting period (prior to the slaughter) in the abattoir.

Medicated pigs show an increase in Proteobacteria (1–11%) compared with nonmedicated at the same time point. This shift was driven by an increase in Escherichia coli populations.

The aim of this trick is to identify quickly and practically, the age of piglets and pigs just by looking at the color of their ear tag.