Page 14 of articles about sow
Development and use of sow cooling pads during farrowing and lactation
Floor cooling is based on the conduction of heat from the sow to a sink while lying down.
An economic analysis of sow retention in a United States breed-to-wean system
High-tech camera helps protect sows and piglets
SowBridge Educational Series continues to provide quality programming
Growth rate and lameness in replacement gilts
Does a high growth rate really increase the risk of osteochondrosis and lameness?
Temporary nurse sows: How to increase the number of teats on batch farrowing systems
The article explains how to manage nurse sows in 3-week batch farrowing systems with a practical example.
Energy and lysine requirements of sows during transition and lactation
The ideal farrowing facilities (2/2): feeding and environmental control systems
This time, Joan Wennberg discusses the different feeding and environmental control systems in the farrowing house with Heraclio Corchón and Javier Lorente
Frequency and time of gestation feeding and their subsequent effects on farrowing performance
Different colours on sow cards
Sometimes, when working on the farm, we have to get up close to the sow to check its card in order to know its productive cycle. Or, whilst carrying piglets to be fostered, we ask ourselves, will that sow be a second parity one?
Different feeding levels during wean-to-estrus and first week of gestation of sows
Pathological evaluation of claw lesions in culled sows from a Greek herd
Arginine and amino acids supplementation in gestating gilts
The ideal sow herd structure does not have a triangular shape any more
Traditional culling policies have a threshold number of farrowings after which sows are culled —after weaning. But, what would happen if this policy were to be modified to actually consider the performance of each sow?