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

A gilt who has compromised limb health on entry to the breeding herd is more vulnerable to early removal as a result of lameness and more vulnerable to the negative production affects associated with it.

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.

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

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.

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

This article explains how the massive use of hormones helps synchronize heats and farrowings when workload scheduling, synchronization and production rates stability are priorities.

Build a fence to keep the weaned piglets in a farrowing pen.

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

Although piglet birth weight is the most influential factor affecting piglet survival other behavioral factors such as vitality and vigor of piglets at birth contribute to the overall likelihood of the offspring surviving.

Differentiating fostered younger piglets from old ones allows proper management.

The goal is to record the sows' feeding level when fed manually.

This watch has three circles: the blue one represents the hours, the green one the liveborn piglets, and the red one the stillborn piglets.