Dimension and design of the gestation unit[What the experts say ]Bjarne K. Pedersen![]() The gestation unit is basically a parking unit where sows should be kept comfortable to allow the pregnancy to develop |
Lola the Pig Plays Piano![Videos]![]() This is lovely Lola the potbelly pig. She has learned to play piano and horns...see her other video too! |
Feed wastage[Management]Carles Casanovas![]() Regardless of these causes we often waste food needlessly. The animals do not consume everything that arrives to the farm. |
Husbandry of groups of growing piglets[What the experts say ]Paolo Candotti![]() Space/comfort, after feeding and nourishment, is without doubt a limiting factor for the establishment of a quick, and above all, solid hierarchy. |
Arginine-family amino acids in swine nutrition[Nutrition]Guoyao Wu![]() Arginine and glutamine (members of the arginine family of amino acids) are major building blocks for proteins and essential precursors for synthesis of many substances with enormous biological importance. |
Additive effects of L-carnitine and chromium picolinate on sow reproductive performance[Nutrimail]Dietary carnitine and chromium supplementation may increase farrowing rate and thus total number born alive |