María Aparicio Arnay

Figure 3. Theoretical altered pattern associated with a reaction to vaccination and results in practice.

NutritionArticle

The management of feeding during lactation largely determines the success of the next parity (II). Factors related to total intake and associated patterns

With current data, we will review the quantitative impact of some of the most relevant factors for sows in the lactation phase.

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Photo 1. Precision feeding system in farrowing room (courtesy of Nosia).

NutritionArticle

Lactation feeding management greatly determines the success of the following cycle (I). Factors related to water consumption and the prefarrowing period

This article demonstrates the effects of drinking water temperature and feeding management in sows to optimize performance in farrowing and lactation.

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Non-productive days or inefficient days?

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

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Figure 2. Evolution of the percentage of sows used as nurse sows from 2017-2021.

Nurse sows: Evolution over the last five years

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

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Graph 1. Percentage of sows weaning zero piglets categorized by parity, weanings July 20-June 21.

Sows that wean zero piglets: A problem in the farrowing room

Sows that try to recover after weaning no piglets have markedly lower performance and a significant chance of failing in lactation again.

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01-Nov-2022beyasu.08Good Job,

Figure 1. Movement routes, at the beginning.

Defining and improving biosecurity rings on a real farm

The biosecurity ring analysis method is applicable on any type of farm and offers an overall perspective that helps us make organized and rational decisions.

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Image 1. A schematic representation of farm biosecurity organized in rings.

Biosecurity in rings

We present a biosecurity evaluation method that ensures a comprehensive review: Biosecurity in rings.

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Figure 1. Distribution of preweaning mortality by age at death. Spain vs. USA, 2019.

Who has better production indexes- Spain or the United States? (2/2)

We continue our comparison of production data between sow farms in Spain and the United States. This time we focus on replacement rate, pre-weaning mortality, and weaning weight.

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22-Mar-2022muton-gemmbwonderful content

Figure 1. Productivity tree, Spain vs USA, 2019.

Who has better production indexes- Spain or the United States? (1/2)

A comparison of Spanish and U.S. main production numbers on sow farm

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18-Feb-2022miguel-angel-de-andres-alvaroHello, it´s Miguel Angel, one of the authors. I completelly agree with you, economical and reproductive efficiency don´t match exactly, although is an indicator (a farm with very high reproductive efficiency usually is economical efficient too). And we work to earn money, not to produce more... Unfortunatelly, to get economical data is much more difficult than to get productive data.

How to organize a biosecurity improvement plan

Biosecurity is becoming increasingly important for disease prevention. In this article, we discuss how a biosecurity improvement plan can be organized.

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Figure 2. Exceptions to the color code for the maintenance team and the manager.

ManagementArticle

Do we know when we fail in biosecurity?

The four most common mistakes on pig farms, illustrated with real examples.

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Graph 4. Farrowing rate per parity and quarter of mating, mating period July 16-June 20.

Seasonality in mating outcomes: A review

Each farm should analyze its historical data to quantify the effect of seasonality on its farrowing rate and prolificacy.

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02-Nov-2021pig333Thank you for your question. This is referring to the quarters of the year. Q1 = January, February, March. Q2 = April, May, June. Q3 = July, August, September. Q4 = October, November, December.

Figure 1. Key interconnected aspects that should be understood prior to the visit.

Biosecurity audits: Concept and structure

Objective inspection and evaluation that checks current biosecurity measures and points out weaknesses in the system so that improvements can be made.

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Figure 1. Percent distribution of litters by size, 2018-2019.

How to minimize the impact of small litters

The incidence and distribution of small litters and factors affecting the number of piglets born alive on swine farms.

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Figure 1. Analysis of the movement pattern on a farm with the digital biosecurity control system.

Objective monitoring of biosecurity (2/2)

The innovative digital biosecurity control system and its application to the objective monitoring of internal biosecurity and on-farm movements.

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Figure 1. Biosecurity monitoring system.