Page 49 of articles about management

Dr. Clement of the University of Louisiana and that is a little piglet on its back about to be castrated.

So far we have seen different options for retaining the males and for stimulating the stalled sows that maximize speed and stimulus. Once stimulated, now we are going to mate them.

Trials have shown that a group size of 15-25 pigs per pen is ideal and it also coincides with the capacity of most feeders on the market.

Without a doubt weaning is the most stressful process suffered by a pig, or at least it is up until that moment in its life.

For hormones to be efficient it is essential to use them with the right approach. For this we must know the reproductive cycle of the sow and the hormones that are involved.

Different systems of boar’s retention during stimulation and mating in stalls have already been seen. Now we are going to put it into practice.

Colostrum offers 3 essential properties to the piglet: very useful energy source (vital for generating movement and avoiding temperature loss), immune supply (protects against germs that the piglet begins to come into contact with) and natural growth factors (complete the maturity of the piglet).

Truffles have been treasured for centuries for their taste, flavor and scent. The pig's keen sense of smell is the best way to find them where they flower, deep below the ground. In France, a few men continue this method of hunting --- each year, a young pig is trained to become a partner hunter for the following year. It's a competition to find this mushroom, whose value can rise like gold.

For the animals to be comfortable it is important to know their needs. The more needs that we can fulfill the more productive the animal will be.

In order to carry out this economic analysis we have kept in mind the variables between the two types of weaning in the different phases: site 1 (reproductive sows), site 2 (weaning), and site 3 (fattening).