Carles Casanovas
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Swine Practitioner. Spain
ccasanovas@telenginyers.net
He was born in 1974 and graduated at the Veterinary Faculty of the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Spain) in 1998.
After graduating he was in Aberdeen (Scotland) for one year to do a Masters in Swine Production organized by Professor Peter English.
On returning to Spain he spent a year preparing the theoretic information on CD for the first courses for breeders that the Sus Scrofa Fundación Barceló began to give at the end of the year 2000.
At the beginning of 2001 he began to work as a porcine consultant, and since 2004 he combines this work with a teaching position at Sus Scrofa, giving talks and practical courses on management of swine herds.
During the final year at university he began to collaborate as a “swine reporter” for the journal EdiPorc. Since then he has kept to his origins as a journalist, publishing articles and clinical cases in the journals EdiPorc, PorcPress and Suis and for the website 3tres3.com. He has also presented clinical cases in 3 Jornadas de Porcino at the UAB. Carles Casanovas has been very fortunate to have been able to learn and collaborate during this time with important professionals from the sector such as José Casanovas, Josep Font, Jordi Ventura, José Barceló, Enric Marco, Miquel Collell and Jerome Geiger.
Positioning farrowing pens: Which is better: facing inward or outward?[Management]Carles Casanovas When we plan a birth, the sows can be placed in different ways inside the farrowing pen, facing inwards, facing outwards, with aisles both in front and behind the pen, or sideways along the aisle |
Birth programming III[Management]Carles Casanovas Coming up we will contemplate diverse aspects that can be taken into account in order to adjust the date of labour induction. |
Organization of replacement V[Management]Carles Casanovas On many farms the arrival of nulliparous sows is not homogenous. However, it has been noted that it would be ideal to introduce a similar number of sows to each productive batch. How can we do this? |
Birth programming II[Management]Carles Casanovas The gestation period in the majority of sows is usually around 113 to 115 days. However, a percentage of sows can give birth up to 3 days before or after, with complete normality. |
Environmental control in the growing phase (II): Environmental needs[Management]Carles Casanovas In order to try and control the environment, it’s necessary to: - Be able to value it. - Be familiar with the needs of different types of animals. - Apply corrective measures to try and adjust to those needs. |
Organization of replacement IV[Management]Carles Casanovas Another convenient option for controlling replacement entry is to incorporate the information on the planning board of production. |
Organization of replacement III[Management]Carles Casanovas In the previous chapter we began to look at various systems for registering clearly and quickly the day of coming into estrus and the predicted date of mating of the nulliparous sows. |
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