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 productivity
Genetic and phenotypic time trends of litter size, piglet mortality, and birth weight in pigs
The increases in litter size and piglet survival rates due to balanced breeding policies lead to reduced total numbers of dead piglets coinciding with a certain pig production volume.
Lactation feeding management greatly determines the success of the following cycle (I). Factors related to water consumption and the prefarrowing period
This article demonstrates the effects of drinking water temperature and feeding management in sows to optimize performance in farrowing and lactation.
The current situation and trends of the swine industry in China
The trends of the swine industry in China should be explained in two parts: pork consumption and pig production.
Benefits and challenges of sugar beet pulp in gestating sow diets
Higher dietary fiber in gestating sow diets may improve nitrogen retention and utilization.
The impact of dried cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) waste meal as feed in growing-finishing pigs
Dried cabbage by-product may be a suitable ingredient for growing-finishing diets to improve sustainability and return.
Tip: Book to record weekly matings
In this logbook, each page corresponds to a week of the year in which all the matings during the week are recorded.
Non-productive days or inefficient days?
We propose a more direct indicator to look at and analyze reproductive problems on the farm.
Evaluation of multi-carbohydrase and phytase complex dietary addition on nutrient digestibility, growth performance, and bone mineralization in growing-finishing pigs
Multi-enzymes supplementation may improve nutrient digestibility, bone mineralization, and growth performance in fattening pigs.
The effects of glycine supplementation on mucosal immunity and the intestinal microbial composition in weaned piglets
Glycine supplementation improves the intestinal immunological barrier function and the microbial composition in weanling piglets.
Multi-site Pig Production: evaluating its impact after 25 years of implementation
The evolution of multi-site pig production over the last 25 years has not held true to its original intent.
Reproductive performance of gilts and weaned sows grouped at different days after insemination
Group housing gestating sows 2 days after breeding compromised litter size; however, mixing gilts on days 1 to 4 after breeding did not impair reproductive performance.
Analysis of image-based sow activity patterns reveals associations with piglet survival and early growth
The live-born piglets of sows that were more active the day before farrowing, standing and in other activity than drinking and eating, had higher survival rates.
Subpopulations (I of III): How to find the profitability gap
Where would you begin to develop new and valuable information about your farm’s profitability (or lack thereof) that you are not monitoring now? Certainly, one of the most important ones is to visualize your data in a new way.
Tip: How to improve thermal comfort in the farrowing unit
This system uses a small air stream at the sow's nose to improve her thermal comfort.
Troubleshooting problems with the feed conversion ratio: Management
Which management factors can affect the feed conversion ratio? Enric Marco covers how all-in all-out, density, trough space, and filling and emptying of barns can lose us money.