Articles - Management

Finding alternatives to reduce the number of nurse sows by maximising the number of suckling piglets per sow.

To prevent tail biting, animals must be able to express their exploratory behaviour in an appropriate manner. This article presents the points to consider when choosing the most appropriate material.

Usual standard on many farms to identify a sow with different genetics quickly.

Improving piglets' comfort in the farrowing pens by offering them more surface for resting.

This method works especially well in farms where pens are wide or have unusual dimensions.

We can predict a sow's production based on the number of piglets born alive at first farrowing. In addition, the best sows' performance will outdo the others' continuously.

Save time, work and water when cleaning the buildings.

The use of milk replacers is helpful, both to increase the number of weaned piglets and to simplify the management of nurse sows.

This trick consists in creating a nest using the crates back corridor.

The week of birth is tattooed on the animals`ears to know their age at all times.

By moving beads stringed in a wire we will record the amount of feed consumed.

We present the first results obtained by cross-matching data from different sources: production / reproduction data with data from feeding machines.

Bearing welfare in mind, which should be the size of the group of animals housed in a pen?

Having a correct lighting is basic for the productivity of the sow and the farm workers, and it can be increased considerably with solutions apart from artificial lighting.

This trick helps to restrain the sows quickly in their cages to draw blood from them.

We move a plastic ring along the water drainpipe, leaving it at a series of pre-established marks.

The goal of this trick is to make a practical, simple and cheap catheter holder.

This article summarizes the main points to beat heat stress in pigs.

A new revolution is about to reach the swine sector, we are talking about new information management.

The objective of supplementing piglets with creep feeds is to reduce the number of under-developed animals during the first days after weaning and, albeit with some differences, it is beneficial for both 21-day and 28-day lactations.

With this aim, micro sprinklers soak periodically the area where we wish the animals to defecate.

This behaviour avoids the submissive animals from having access to water with enough frequency.

Wrap the sow's card in a clear plastic bag and write down the data with a thick marker

This trick consists in using a spring for holding the semen bag during the insemination.