Spain: Record start to 2025 live pig imports from the Netherlands
In the first quarter of 2025, Spain significantly increased its imports of both live piglets and pigs from the Netherlands.
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Sow card: Accurate record keeping is essential to improve production performance
We are sharing an example of a sow card used to record basic breeding sow data, which is essential on all farms regardless of their size.
Can blended phytogenics promote growth as effective alternatives to antibiotics in weaned piglets?
Phytogenic supplementation in weanling diets may exert growth promoter effects as in pigs during the nursery period.
Milk supplementation and its mode of administration: Effects on growth performance, welfare, and fecal microbial ecology of suckling piglets
Milk supplement composition and availability can reduce piglet mortality during suckling and promote SCFA-producing bacteria in the gut.
Is there “fake” data on farms? Do we know how to convey the importance of good record keeping?
Do we know how to communicate the main objective of correct data collection? What clues can make us suspect that the data are not being properly recorded?
New breeding goal will improve sows' ability to care for more piglets
The new trait will increase the number of weaned piglets per weaning by half a piglet annually and will support higher and stable growth in the litter until weaning.
Allen D. Leman Swine Conference 2024 Summary: Reproduction and production
Antonio Palomo summarizes the swine production and reproduction presentations from the latest Allen D. Leman Swine Conference 2024.
Do we know how to interpret what our pigs are telling us? Observations in the farrowing room
The relatively short but very intense lactation period is undoubtedly a key phase in pig production for both sows and piglets. The fragility of the piglets and the significant demands that sows face at this stage make early detection of problems essential. Do we understand what the animals are telling us?
Indole-3-propionic acid boosts growth and helps prevent diarrhea by supporting antioxidant balance and reducing intestinal inflammation in weaned piglets
Indole-3-propionic acid supplementation in weanling pigs may improve growth performance and intestinal health.
Spain breaks record for Dutch piglet imports in 2024
Spain has reached a new high in piglet imports from the Netherlands in 2024.
Improving colostrum quality: Can we get an extra 50% of immunoglobulin concentration in piglet serum?
Beta glucans are an excellent bioactive compounds that can help us enhance passive immunity in a profitable and practical way.
Effect of sex and birth weight on the performance, microbiome, immune response and colostrum intake of piglets
Females had a higher rate of permanence in the production system and low birth weight piglets had lower colostrum intake.
Tip: How to build a piglet loading ramp
This is how to assemble an "emergency" ramp using the insulation panels left over from the construction of the nursery.
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.
The management of feeding during lactation largely determines the success of the next parity (II). Factors related to total intake and associated patterns
With current data, we will review the quantitative impact of some of the most relevant factors for sows in the lactation phase.
Tip: Chute for vaccinating piglets
This farm has built a small chute to vaccinate an entire pen of piglets in record time.