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[Management]

Carles Casanovas

Regardless of these causes we often waste food needlessly. The animals do not consume everything that arrives to the farm.

[Management]

Carles Casanovas

When the sow becomes pregnant, the corpus luteum persists and continues to produce progesterone. While the levels of progesterone are high the sow does not become in heat and maintains gestation.

Stimulation and mating of sows in stalls (II)

[Management]

Carles Casanovas

Stimulation and mating of sows in stalls (II)

So far we have seen different options for retaining the males and for stimulating the stalled sows that maximize speed and stimulus. Once stimulated, now we are going to mate them.

Feed management during weaning

[Management]

Carles Casanovas

Without a doubt weaning is the most stressful process suffered by a pig, or at least it is up until that moment in its life.

[Management]

Carles Casanovas

For hormones to be efficient it is essential to use them with the right approach. For this we must know the reproductive cycle of the sow and the hormones that are involved.

Stimulation and mating of sows in stalls (I)

[Management]

Carles Casanovas

Stimulation and mating of sows in stalls (I)

Different systems of boar’s retention during stimulation and mating in stalls have already been seen. Now we are going to put it into practice.

Colostrum offers 3 essential properties to the piglet: very useful energy source (vital for generating movement and avoiding temperature loss), immune supply (protects against germs that the piglet begins to come into contact with) and natural growth factors (complete the maturity of the piglet).