Joan Wennberg i Rutllant

How have the farms adapted to the new situation? What measures are being taken to avoid the onset of digestive problems without using antibiotics? ...

In recent years, pig production has been subject to several changes that have forced farmers to adapt. Some of these changes have a direct impact on the nursery.

The views of experienced experts on what the ideal mating /early gestation barn should look like.

We talk about weight and age at mating, stall adaptation, flushing, how to perform heat detection and insemination, the convenience or inconvenience of segregating the gilts

Joan Wennberg discusses with different experts how do they think that the ideal mating area design should be.

Joan Aparicio and Lluís Ferrer share their experience on how to prepare the replacement animals with Joan Wennberg.

This time, Joan Wennberg discusses the different feeding and environmental control systems in the farrowing house with Heraclio Corchón and Javier Lorente

Joan Wennberg discusses the ideal farrowing facilities with Heraclio Corchón and Javier Lorente. They do not always agree, which makes reading this document even more interesting.

A system for cleaning the bowls in a practical, effective, and quick way without splashing all the farrowing pen or soaking the piglets.

Differentiating fostered younger piglets from old ones allows proper management.

A cough outbreak appeared in 8-9 weeks old piglets. It apparently was a "normal" outbreak that could be solved with a few days of antibiotic but the pigs did not respond to the treatment.

In pigs there is no other phase in which such a high percentage of losses occur such as in motherhood, in particular in the first days of life. At this stage the determining factor for survival is the rapid consumption of colostrum.