Page 27 of articles about sow
Ensuring the identification of the sows
We achieved it combining the use of two ear tags per sow together with their strategic location in order to avoid losses due to biting.
Retail Council of Canada grocery members’ commitment on sow housing
Korea cull sows to help stabilize price
Protecting the nipples with glue
The goal is to protect the nipples of the future breeding sows during their first days of life.
Corn DDGS in sow diets: Effects on sow and litter performance
Pain caused by farrowing in sows
Farrowing is a painful and stressful process, especially in the case of gilts and dystocic farrowings.
Ireland: new extension to deadline for submission of applications under the Sow Welfare Scheme
United States: New Jersey will prohibit the confinement of breeding pigs in crates
n-3 fatty acid supplementation in sows
Piglet birth weight and litter uniformity: Effects of weaning-to-pregnancy interval and body condition changes in sows of different parities and crossbred lines
Alpha-lipoic acid on antioxidative ability and performance of sows and nursing piglets
The use of crystalline amino acids in lactating sow diets
Sow losses/cullings: a Tower of Babel (I)
The registration of the sow losses/cullings in the management computer programs is normally something easy, but it is not always given the importance that it really has so, sometimes, the registration is incomplete, with wrong dates and without writing down the cause of the loss/culling. Nevertheless, its correct registration and its later analysis can give us very useful information for the correct technical-financial management of the farm.