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United Kingdom: IPPC and gilts: change to the Environment Agency's earlier position

Following a ruling by the European Court of Justice in December, it has been confirmed that the expression 'places for sows' in IPPC must be interpreted as including places for gilts that have already been served, but have not yet farrowed.

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Weaning on Friday and using altrenogest to avoid weekend farrowings; is it possible?

What if we were to wean on Friday and were able to block farrowings for 2 days? The bulk of farrowings would be concentrated on Monday.

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Monitoring of Farrowing (III): Factors that increase stillbirths

Long farrowings increase mortality, and deaths occur above all in the last 1/3 of the delivery.

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Batch 5 (yellow) enters rooms 9, 10, 1, 2 and half of room 3.

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Management of farrowing objectives to achieve optimal piglet weight at weaning (II): batches every two weeks

The dispersion of matings described in the previous article is even more drastic on farms operating in bands over one week.

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Stillbirth and preweaning mortality in litters of sows induced to farrow with supervision

To evaluate the benefits of induced farrowing with supervision on rates of stillbirths and preweaning mortality,a total of 159 multiparous sows were assigned in approximately equal numbers to two groups.

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Management of farrowing objectives to achieve optimal piglet weight at weaning (I): weekly batches

Wouldn’t it be great if all the sows on a farm (weaned sows, gilts, repeat breeders…) could be mated on the same day?! And if we were able to choose, on Mondays?

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Genetic and environmental effects on piglet survival and maternal behaviour of the farrowing sow

One of the key components of survival in alternative, loose-housed farrowing systems is maternal behaviour and understanding the characteristics of sows that influence survival in such environments should be an essential component when developing new breeding indices.

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Farrowing Monitoring (II)

A good result in stillbirths is difficult to achieve without inducing farrowings.

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Monitoring farrowing (I)

In this chapter we will present the farrowing stages and how to control it.

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Thermal control of piglets in the farrowing pen (IV)

In this chapter we will consider the benefits of closed nests and the importance of temperature regulation according to the age of the piglets.

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Thermal control of piglets in the farrowing pen (III)

In this chapter we will take a look at the use of heat lamps and how to distribute heat inside the pen.

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Incidence and prevention of early parturition in sows

The administration of altrenogest in late gestation is an effective and safe method to prevent early parturition and can counteract the reproductive losses because of premature farrowing, which may occur in a substantial part of the farrowing events.

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