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To reduce mortality, it is essential to diagnose the causes. To do so, we must answer four basic questions: how, who, when, and where? In this article, we'll address the latter two.

To reduce mortality, it is essential to diagnose the causes. To do so, we must answer four basic questions: how, who, when, and where? In this article, we'll address the first two.

In this logbook, each page corresponds to a week of the year in which all the matings during the week are recorded.

We focus on moving surplus piglets, which forces us to use nurse sows. We explain two ways to do this in a very visual video.

We propose a more direct indicator to look at and analyze reproductive problems on the farm.

What are the selection objectives of the Topigs Norsvin dam lines? Jonatan Sánchez-Osorio, Technical Director of Topigs Norsvin Spain, explains them to us in this article.

A small cart is parked at the end of the aisle of each farrowing room, just below a dry feed distribution line.

A plastic safety fence, like those used in construction, is used to create a barrier between the doors, allowing one person to control sow movement.

A systematic review evaluating the effects of inducing farrowing on stillbirth rate, birth weight, preweaning mortality, weaning weight, farrowing duration, and colostrum and milk characteristics.

Íñigo González explains the biosecurity measures taken in Hypor genetic nucleus and multiplication farms.

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.

Farrowing induction is needed to improve the ability of farm staff to supervise farrowing, but you need to be strategic; do not induce unless evidence says it is needed.

The PigCHAMP Pro Europe database was used to analyze nurse sows, which wean almost twice the farm average.

Our series of articles on different genetics companies continues. This time, we talk about Hypor with Manuel Revilla.

This new feeding strategy aims to distribute an optimal ration at the right time to the right animal.