Work routines. Weaning
In the last decades the degree of technification and evolution of the productive systems at all levels has been constant.
Page 6 of articles about fattening
Switching diet formulations: effects on finishing pig performance
Diet and ingredient switching does not affect pig performance during the finishing period.
Effects of feeding diets containing increasing content of corn distillers dried grains with soluble to grower-finisher pigs on growth performance, carcass composition, and pork fat quality
Feeding grower-finishing pigs diets containing up to 30% DDGS had no adverse effects on growth performance, although up to 20% fat quality may be adversely affected.
Denmark - Danes send fewer finishers to Germany
As German processors switch to a different payment system, based on AutoFom, they will be seeking heavier pigs, which means they may not be so interested in lighter finishers from Denmark in future.
Effect of mineral source and mannan-oligosaccharide supplementation on mineral metabolism on young growing pigs
Mannan-oligosaccharide supplementation may improve mineral digestibility.
Monitoring the growth period (II)
In order to follow the evolution of the pigs at weaning and fattening, having a growth curve is very practical.
United Kingdom - English breeding herd increases, fattening pigs decreases
In 2010 the number of breeding pigs increased by 1.4% to 427 thousand. The number of fattening pigs decreased by 2% to 3.2 million leading to an overall reduction of 1.6% in the total number of pigs.
Environmental control in the growing phase (II): Environmental needs
In order to try to control the environment, it is important: - Be able to evaluate it. - Be familiar with the needs of different types of animals. - Implement corrective measures to adapt to those needs.
Pork CRC: There’s something about pork
Dr Roger Campbell, CEO of Australia’s Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), is increasingly convinced that fresh Australian pork has a range of largely untapped health and nutrition attributes.
Environmental control in the growing phase (I): Checking the environment
Man is possibly the only animal capable of living in practically all places in the world, regardless of the climate. This is due to his capacity to construct buildings to isolate himself from the climate however extreme it may be, maintaining an environment which allows him to survive. As domestic animals live together with man, they have to take advantage indirectly of this capacity.
Conditions for breeding at fattening
Do the accommodation conditions for your fattening pigs comply with the welfare normatives? Find out with the new test on welfare during fattening.
Fattening conditions
With the current part you can assess your knowledge on pig welfare during the fattening phase: How much space do they need?, What is the maximum level of noise?, etc.
Digestion and deposition of individual fatty acids in growing-finishing pigs fed diets containing either beef tallow or sunflower oil
Sunflower oil improves apparent digestibility of SFA, MUFA and PUFA but reduces the retention of MUFA and PUFA