The average mortality increased by 2.5% due to the animals that presented with myelitis and ascending infections along the spine. Find out how the problem could be solved without returning to tail docking.
Fiber is being "rediscovered" due to its multiple benefits: physiological, on intestinal health and for the environment.
The average mortality increased by 2.5% due to the animals that presented with myelitis and ascending infections along the spine. Find out how the problem could be solved without returning to tail docking.
Nowadays several laboratory techniques allow to evaluate the cellular immune response.
Which of the two views is more appropriate for understanding the ins and outs of the global pig market?
There was a time when pig price was determined by seasonal patterns and total production… Now the belly price is driving the carcass price in the United States.
Fiber is being "rediscovered" due to its multiple benefits: physiological, on intestinal health and for the environment.
The effect of environment temperature on the body temperature is greater than that of ingestion and digestion of food.
The key lies in gilt management ...
Occasionally, breeders end up using semen with a suboptimal fertilizing ability due to inadequate storage conditions.
We talk about weight and age at mating, stall adaptation, flushing, how to perform heat detection and insemination, the convenience or inconvenience of segregating the gilts
The goal is to improve the piglets’ starter feed consumption in the farrowing pens.
The use of a thermometer or other technologies not so usual such as thermography for diagnosing sensitive situations cheaply, easily and objectively.
The key lies in gilt management ...
The views of experienced experts on what the ideal mating /early gestation barn should look like.
This trick tries to reduce the number of deaths by providing the piglets more resting space by using the corridor.
Joan Wennberg discusses with different experts how do they think that the ideal mating area design should be.
30 years ago, the idea of setting up a conveyor belt like the ones that are (or were) used in poultry farming appeared.
