articles about gestation in Articles

There are many types of do-it-yourself sow card holders for farms, but this one stands out thanks to its simplicity and functionality.

We continue to talk about subpopulations within the farm. Here, we discuss how to optimize the sow group according to parity number to improve productivity.

In this article, we focus on the key aspects of management to optimize performance from this genetic line of sows. We talked with Carlos Martins.

We continue our comparison of production data between sow farms in Spain and the United States. This time we focus on replacement rate, pre-weaning mortality, and weaning weight.

Europe is preparing to eliminate farrowing crates in the next few years... Are farmers ready? Will this benefit the sows? What about the piglets?

User responses of the 333 survey on gestation length in sows reveal gestations are trending around 115.5 days.

Deviations from the sow's normal consumption pattern during the lactation phase have important production implications.

Which indicator best reflects performance - farrowing rate or non-productive days?

Sow nutrition research has historically been only about 2% of the swine scientific literature, but new commercial facilities are changing this.

The study described here was designed to determine if the body tissue mobilization during lactation imposed by feed restriction could affect litter size and sow performance in the subsequent lactation.

The farm reports a problem of low prolificacy (mean annual live births of 11.91) and low fertility in summer, with a marked increase in acyclic returns.

Energy intake based on body condition differs greatly from the energy adult sows require. Moreover, the NRC clearly overestimates the sows' maintenance requirements.

The immune status of farms is quite possibly different from the one they had before piglets mass vaccinations.

A strict schedule allows us to concentrate all the important events, and time periods where more attention/work is required, within the working days.

Making use of the NET energy system for sows to formulate feeds makes it possible to achieve a smooth transition from gestation to lactation diets, which makes the transition period around farrowing easier for the sows.

Wrap the sow's card in a transparent plastic bag and write down on it the information with a thick marker.