Pig
Adding feed additives to water: benefits, challenges
After medications, additives are the next ingredients that can be administered through the water system, but not without their own hurdles.
- Feed strategies to protect sows from heat stress
- Marking foster sows on the back with the number of piglets to adopt
- Control of the feed weight - TIPS ON PIGS
- Supplementing water to lactating sows - TIPS ON PIGS
- Knowing the sows' age - TIPS ON PIGS
- Planning gilt service - TIPS ON PIGS
- Improving the environmental conditions in the fattening rooms
- Early piglet weaning in their own farrowing pen - TIPS ON PIGS
Pig
Stimulate the sows as much as possible during their mating (G-spot)
Mating the stimulated sows eases the sperm transport to the oviduct, where they meet the ova. Get to mate the sows, stimulated as much as possible by massaging
Insemination with no hands - TIPS ON PIGS
This trick consists in using a spring for holding the semen bag during the insemination. Using springs for the sows' self-insemination.
How to avoid the pigs from lying beside the drinking troughs during…
This behaviour avoids the submissive animals from having access to water with enough frequency.
How to quantify health status in farm animals
Correct assessment of health status leads to timely disease prevention and better nutritional programs that maximize profitability.
Increasing lighting on a pig farm - TIPS FOR PIGS
Having a correct lighting is basic for the productivity of the sow and the farm workers. The recommended minimum is 250 lux for 16 hours per day
Age on the ear - TIPS FOR PIGS
The week of birth is tattooed on the animals`ears to know their age at all times.
Using a tarpaulin to crowd pigs together - TIPS FOR PIGS
This method works especially well in farms where pens are wide or have unusual dimensions.
When the farrowing pen is small, we invent a nest - TIPS…
This trick consists in creating a nest using the crates back corridor.
Use of sprinklers for cleaning - TIPS FOR PIGS
Save time, work and water when cleaning the buildings.
Reducing the number of nurse sows on the farm - TIPS FOR…
Finding alternatives to reduce the number of nurse sows by maximising the number of suckling piglets per sow.
Use of the space in the farrowing pens - TIPS FOR PIGS
Improving piglets' comfort in the farrowing pens by offering them more surface for resting.
Cleaning the bowls for milk replacer supplementation - TIPS ON PIGS
A system for cleaning the bowls in a practical, effective, and quick way without splashing all the farrowing pen or soaking the piglets.