The fiber in the diet improves the colostrum yield of sows and it helps reducing farrowing length. But... how many grams of fiber are recommended to be supplied to the sows during last week prior to farrowing?
We present you the latest in environmental enrichment techniques.
What is more important: the farm or genetics?
How to achieve the 6 kg average daily intake that today's high-producing lactating sows need?
A newly produced PCR-based test can help assigning all known App serotypes, which can be used to select the most appropriate vaccine.
Why is there no effective commercial vaccine against Streptococcus suis?
A hard Brexit would mean a fall of EU pork exports to the UK of 48%, a fall on pig prices of 7% and a total of 33,000 job losses in the European meat industry.
China is still buying, but with a great moderation. Either way, the pig price in Spain will still grow. In late May 2019 it exceeds €1.41, and summer has not started yet.
The fiber in the diet improves the colostrum yield of sows and it helps reducing farrowing length. But... how many grams of fiber are recommended to be supplied to the sows during last week prior to farrowing?
How to achieve the 6 kg average daily intake that today's high-producing lactating sows need?
What is more important: the farm or genetics?
The history and current status of Bísaro pig, a Portuguese native breed belonging to the Celtic line.
Is it worth to purchase hyperprolific sows for my farm?
The history and current status of Basque pig breed, a South-West of France autochthonous swine breed.
We present you the latest in environmental enrichment techniques.
The European regulations state that before docking tails other measures that prevent tail-biting must be implemented, and therefore a thorough risk analysis must be carried out on each farm.
Three videos that illustrate how to make an appropriate transition between several key clean and dirty zones.
Let's clarify what are the clean and dirty zones and its boundaries. A series of articles will discuss how to apply segregation principles to farm zones for the prevention of pathogen entry.
We present you the latest in environmental enrichment techniques.
How to achieve the 6 kg average daily intake that today's high-producing lactating sows need?
We highlight different options for segregation of clean/dirty zones at the personnel entrance into the farm. This is where biosecurity starts. Keeping it simple and easy to follow increases the likelihood of an effective protocol.
Biofilm, “the dirt in water pipes”, the causative agent of problems in the conditions and the quality of the water supply, is the subject of this article.
