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A strict schedule allows us to concentrate all the important events, and time periods where more attention/work is required, within the working days.

Making use of the NET energy system for sows to formulate feeds makes it possible to achieve a smooth transition from gestation to lactation diets, which makes the transition period around farrowing easier for the sows.

Wrap the sow's card in a transparent plastic bag and write down on it the information with a thick marker.

The nutrient requirements of the sow change during gestation and the feed provision must meet this demand; hence the need for phase feeding.

As you probably know, the name pig333 web comes from the length of the sow's gestation, which is "3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days". This paper proposes the necessity to review the length of gestation on our farm.

The use of two different feeds for the sows in the farrowing quarters is not always easy at a logistical level.

This article suggests some solutions to the main problems encountered in pregnancies with group housing.

The two main factors that make that certain farms have not been successful adapting to the animal welfare regulations are design and handling/management.

PCV2 may reach embryos/foetuses upon transplacental spread during viremia or upon insemination with contaminated semen.

The goal is to make the management during the gestation easier using a different colour spray colour each week to mark the tasks carried out with the sows.

A summary of current knowledge to address frequently asked questions from producers and practitioners on PCV2-associated reproductive disease.

What if we were to wean on Friday and were able to block farrowings for 2 days? The bulk of farrowings would be concentrated on Monday.

A good result in stillbirths is difficult to achieve without inducing farrowings.

The farm, with an elevated number of animals, had been experiencing for several days an increased number of births in gestation on the weekend before moving the sows to the farrowing pens. Mortality in these births was 100%.

In practice there aren’t any direct methods to measure lean reserves in the field. On an experimental level, generally, ultrasound machines are used to measure the loin thickness (LT) as an indicator of lean reserves (just as the dorsal fat measure, DFM, is taken as an indicator of fat reserves)

This may be a good option when farrowings and litter control during the first days are the priority.