Clinical case: Control measures in an outbreak of oedema disease
A series of unsuccessful measures are taken until the problem is finally solved.
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The piglet's basic requirements: real welfare
Bearing welfare in mind, which should be the size of the group of animals housed in a pen?
Increasing lighting on a pig farm
Having a correct lighting is basic for the productivity of the sow and the farm workers, and it can be increased considerably with solutions apart from artificial lighting.
Multi-litter housing: development of piglets and growing and finishing pigs
Pre-weaning mortality (especially crushing by the sow) is higher in piglets raised in a multi-litter (ML) system until 9 weeks of age than in piglets raised in a single-litter (SL) system.
Osborne Introduces New Heat Pad Indicator Light for Stanfield® Pig Heating Pads
The patent-pending indicator light provides visual confirmation that heat pads are operating properly and providing crucial heat to newborn piglets in farrowing or growing pigs in nurseries.
Knowing the amount of feed consumed by each sow in farrowing rooms without dispensers
We move a plastic ring along the water drainpipe, leaving it at a series of pre-established marks.
Heat Stress Management Strategies on Farm
This article summarizes the main points to beat heat stress in pigs.
The Internet of (swine) Things
A new revolution is about to reach the swine sector, we are talking about new information management.
How to avoid the pigs from lying beside the drinking troughs during the hot season?
This behaviour avoids the submissive animals from having access to water with enough frequency.
Air filtration systems for preventing PRRSV infection in large sow herds
This type of investment may not be crazy when it comes to protecting farms with high genetic value (others are dependent on) or insemination centres.
Early piglet weaning in their own farrowing pen
Build a fence to keep the weaned piglets in a farrowing pen.
Air cleaning technologies for the control of airborne pathogens
The most direct strategy to decrease the concentration in the air of airborne pathogens is dust reduction. This article describes the use of a particle ionization system called EPI.
The role of transport vehicles in the transmission of PRRSV
How can we tell whether a transport vehicle is clean by just taking a glimpse?
Notes on door windows
Write down events or treatments on the windows as if they were a blackboard.
Farrowing pens for the future
To Jyden it is primarily essential that the design is focused on a farrowing pen (for loose sows) with the possibility to use the integrated protection wings – and not just to open a traditional farrowing crate.