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Page 35 of articles about management

Facilities-Equipment News

The Danish producers, industry and organisations join to improve the organic production

Organic pig producers, abattoirs and organisations related to animal welfare have signed a new agreement that will further improve the pigs’ welfare and their environmental impact. This agreement sets more requisites and regulations and will give place to an E-brand that will come into force in January 1st 2018.

Are your grow/finish barns ready for summer? Let your pigs tell you

Watch your pigs and adjust your equipment to support optimal finishing in summer heat.

Graph 1. Percentage of culled sows per cycle (number of sows culled per cycle/ average census per cycle) in 2016

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How to reduce the replacement rate and have a better parity distribution

Minimizing sow losses in the initial cycles has three positive effects for the economic efficiency of the farm

Figure 3. Paralysis of the back leg as a result of nerve damage from lifting and twisting of the back leg.

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Handling young pigs on-farm

Great care is needed particularly when handling young pigs above 6kg/3 weeks of age, to avoid causing lasting damage.

A sow approaches a boar within a group gestation pen. The pen design allows nose-to-nose contact between the animals, allowing for pheromone exchange to trigger heat response if the sow is open. The technology records the number and length of interactions and calculates whether the sow’s behavior indicates she is in heat.

Never miss a heat: Build a better boar bachelor pad

Automated heat detection identifies open sows safely and accurately.

Use of colour tags to identify the age of replacement gilts.

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How to know the age of replacement gilts

A simple, economical and practical trick is to identify the replacement gilts with tags of different colours according to the batch they belong to.

Figure 1. Schematic view of different approaches in PRRSV positive herds.

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PRRSV control using vaccination and optimized management: three case studies

Although the use of vaccination was effective in stabilizing the sows, the results of these case studies emphasized that elimination of PRRSV from the nursery can only be accomplished if vaccination and partial depopulation/ disinfection are supported by strict implementation of all recommended management procedures, including AI/AO.

The Internet of Food & Farm 2020

The Internet of Food & Farm 2020 (IoF2020) project accelerates the uptake of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in the European farming and food chains in view of strengthening their competitiveness and sustainability.

Graphic 1.- Example of 4WBF farm: planning of return sow mating by use of hormones. Average return interval 51,6 days

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4 week batch farrowing: another option for small farms

This article discusses 4-week batch farrowing (4WBF), very common in small farms (250 sows) in some other countries, including France. Analysis will be based on a comparison with 3-week batch farrowing (3WBF).

Supplying the sows with paper to improve their welfare.

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Paper in the farrowing quarters: not only for the piglets...

It is easy to see the reaction of the sows (of all of them!) when we supply them with paper. A handful in front of their snout or at the reach of their mouth is enough... oxytocin! It is like giving an injection!

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Influence of Wean Age and Disease Challenge on Progeny Lifetime Performance

Dr. Dave Rosero, The Hanor Company, from the 2016 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, September 17-20, 2016, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

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ManagementAbstract

Pig castration: will the EU manage to ban pig castration by 2018?

This study provides descriptive information on the practice of piglet castration across 24 European countries.

ManagementAbstract

Does group size have an impact on welfare indicators in fattening pigs?

Body weight and feeding system are determining factors for the welfare status, while group size was not proved to affect the welfare level under the studied conditions of pig fattening.

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EU PIG: project created to help improve Europe’s pig industry

EU PIG is a new concept which aims to improve the connection between producers and the latest science, husbandry techniques and technologies from within their industry via fellow producers, academics and advisors connected through thematic and regional platforms.

Evolution of the distribution of pre-weaning mortality depending on the age at death in the last ten years.

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"Ghost sows" and the other 8 most frequent errors when processing data (2/2)

This second part deals with the problems caused by not recording properly the cause of abortions, sows and piglets deaths, nurse sows and hormonal treatments.

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Keys to Positively Impact Pig Performance and Care

Keys to Positively Impact Pig Performance and Care - Mark Schwartz, Schwartz Farms, from the 2016 World Pork Expo, June 8 - 10, 2016, Des Moines, IA, USA.