Health protocols for replacements: gastrointestinal diseases (3/3)
Exposure during acclimatization can be considered the first dose of a vaccine, and pre-farrowing exposure its booster.
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How to arrange pan feeders in the farrowing room
An easy solution to store these feeders is to hang them in the corridor of their room. In this way, they do not stand in the way and they can dry well before being used again.
Risk factors of colibacillosis in the farrowing unit
Management factors and environmental conditions are often triggers or predisposing agents, not only to the clinical presentation of the disease, but also its severity and course.
Health protocols for replacements (1/3)
The isolation and acclimation period is not negotiable, it is an investment.
FVE survey on pig castration
The Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) carried out in November 2015 a survey on pig castration in order to see the progress made in respect to the European declaration on pig castration.
Replacements adaptation in Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae control
Gilts are the population most likely to excrete M. hyo during lactation because they will probably have become infected within 200 days prior to their first farrowing.
The simple things that make weaned pig management successful
Meeting the needs of the newly weaned pigs often proves to be difficult in many production settings.
Iron deficiency and anemia in piglets and the effect of iron status at weaning on post-weaning performance
Consumption of nursery starter feeds containing high concentrations of ZnO is associated with post-weaning anemia.
Gestational heat stress alters postnatal offspring body composition indices and metabolic parameters in pigs
Heat stress during the first half of gestation altered metabolic and body composition parameters during future development and in biological responses to a subsequent heat stress challenge.
Effect of animal mixing as a stressor on biomarkers of autophagy and oxidative stress during pig muscle maturation
Monitoring the evolution of the main biomarkers of autophagy and muscle antioxidant defense in the muscle tissue within the first 24 h postmortem may help the detection of animal stress and its potential effect on the postmortem muscle metabolism.
Using a tarpaulin to crowd pigs together
This method works especially well in farms where pens are wide or have unusual dimensions.
Nutritional strategies to reduce sow lameness
A gilt who has compromised limb health on entry to the breeding herd is more vulnerable to early removal as a result of lameness and more vulnerable to the negative production affects associated with it.
When the farrowing pen is small, we invent a nest
This trick consists in creating a nest using the crates back corridor.
Animal and management factors influencing grower and finisher pig performance and efficiency in European systems: a meta-analysis
The meta-analysis confirmed the significant effect of several well-known factors on the performance and efficiency of grower and finisher pigs, the effects of some less established ones and, importantly, the interactions between such factors.