Page 20 of articles about sow
Coloured clothes pegs to identify the sow's production stage
The goal is to know the production stage of gestating sows in a quick and visual way.
Anterior teats secrete higher volumes of colostrum than the posterior
Evolution of the numerical productivity during the last decades
The effect of pre- and post-mating dietary restriction on embryonic survival in gilts
Colombia resumes the importation of live pigs from US and Canada
Flavour addition increases feed intake of lactating sows
United States: agreement reached on sow housing
Effects of lactation length and boar contact in early lactation on expression of oestrus in multiparous sows
Knowing the sows' age
Using the year the sows enter in production for the sow's identification number.
Marking foster sows on the back with the number of piglets to adopt
The trick consists in selecting the appropriate foster sows and marking them on the back with the maximum number of pigs that they can take care of.
Non-productive days (2/2): €16,000 hidden in the gestation
After checking that our farm loses days in the servicing of the gilts, the detection of empty sows housed in yards and the culling (sending of the sows to the abattoir), we propose a package of measures…
The breeding herd, the source of all pork profits: more piglets or heavier piglets?
It' is not as simple as the larger pigs have better survivability...