Seasonality and mortality at fattening
One could think that the number of deaths increases in the winter in the northern hemisphere because the animals freeze to death.
Page 5 of articles about fattening
Assessing animals in the growing phase
It is practically impossible to inspect all the pigs individually during routine control visits.
Productive results of pigs vaccinated against boar taint
The productive and behavioral results found in this study suggest that GRH immunization is an alternative to surgical castration.
Work routines. Weaning
In the last decades the degree of technification and evolution of the productive systems at all levels has been constant.
Switching diet formulations: effects on finishing pig performance
Diet and ingredient switching does not affect pig performance during the finishing period.
Effects of feeding diets containing increasing content of corn distillers dried grains with soluble to grower-finisher pigs on growth performance, carcass composition, and pork fat quality
Feeding grower-finishing pigs diets containing up to 30% DDGS had no adverse effects on growth performance, although up to 20% fat quality may be adversely affected.
Denmark - Danes send fewer finishers to Germany
As German processors switch to a different payment system, based on AutoFom, they will be seeking heavier pigs, which means they may not be so interested in lighter finishers from Denmark in future.
Effect of mineral source and mannan-oligosaccharide supplementation on mineral metabolism on young growing pigs
Mannan-oligosaccharide supplementation may improve mineral digestibility.
Monitoring the growth period (II)
In order to follow the evolution of the pigs at weaning and fattening, having a growth curve is very practical.
United Kingdom - English breeding herd increases, fattening pigs decreases
In 2010 the number of breeding pigs increased by 1.4% to 427 thousand. The number of fattening pigs decreased by 2% to 3.2 million leading to an overall reduction of 1.6% in the total number of pigs.
Environmental control in the growing phase (II): Environmental needs
In order to try to control the environment, it is important: - Be able to evaluate it. - Be familiar with the needs of different types of animals. - Implement corrective measures to adapt to those needs.
Pork CRC: There’s something about pork
Dr Roger Campbell, CEO of Australia’s Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), is increasingly convinced that fresh Australian pork has a range of largely untapped health and nutrition attributes.
Environmental control in the growing phase (I): Checking the environment
Man is possibly the only animal capable of living in practically all places in the world, regardless of the climate. This is due to his capacity to construct buildings to isolate himself from the climate however extreme it may be, maintaining an environment which allows him to survive. As domestic animals live together with man, they have to take advantage indirectly of this capacity.
Conditions for breeding at fattening
Do the accommodation conditions for your fattening pigs comply with the welfare normatives? Find out with the new test on welfare during fattening.