Hourly feeding of lactating sows: Enhancing performance and welfare in smart farm-based systems
An hourly feeding regime could optimize sow productive performance, body condition, milk yield, welfare, and piglet growth in swine production.
articles about farrow
U.S. reports record pig litter size
The June–August litter rate was the highest ever, at 11.72 pigs per litter.
Michigan State University student awarded 2024 Morrison Swine Innovator Prize
Savannah Thomson received the 2024 Morrison Swine Innovator Prize.
WEDA EuroTier novelty 2024: Easy SF - The self-catching gate for group farrowing
The Easy SF system from WEDA significantly improves overall animal control in group farrowing.
Effect of postpartum meloxicam administration to sows and split-suckling
Postpartum administration of meloxicam to sows reduced clinical cases of disease, increased ADG in pigs, and increased carcass weight at slaughter.
Effect of method of drying piglets at birth on rectal temperature over the first 24 h after birth
Results suggest that drying piglets at birth is an effective method to reduce rectal temperature decline in the early postnatal period, especially for low birth weight piglets.
Flavour supplementation to improve sow reproductive performance and microbiota during late gestation and lactation
Flavor supplementation improved the reproductive performance of the sows by changing the fecal microbial profile.
The impact of bump feeding on sow reproductive performance, milk yield, piglet birth weight, and farrowing behavior
Increasing feed intake during late gestation may improve sow and litter performance.
Effect of drying and warming piglets at farrowing on preweaning mortality
Drying and warming the piglets favors their survival only in farrowing units with moderate or suboptimal temperatures (<25ºC).
Lameness in pregnant sows alters placental stress response
Lameness may decrease sow gestation length and reduce placental efficiency in protecting the offspring from the sows’ stress response.
What do our users think about synchronizing farrowing?
43% of the users who participated in the survey said they induce farrowing in some sows.
Does synchronizing farrowing affect sow and piglet production data? A review of the data
A systematic review evaluating the effects of inducing farrowing on stillbirth rate, birth weight, preweaning mortality, weaning weight, farrowing duration, and colostrum and milk characteristics.
Tip: Waist bag for farrowing assistance
Use a waist bag to always have the supplies you need for farrowing assistance at hand.
Video about split suckling: The importance of the first few hours
To ensure that each piglet intakes enough colostrum and to help the smallest piglets get it, split suckling should be used.
To induce or not to induce; has the answer changed?
Farrowing induction is needed to improve the ability of farm staff to supervise farrowing, but you need to be strategic; do not induce unless evidence says it is needed.
The 10 most-read articles in 2022
A look back on the hottest topics of the year from Pig333.