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Finding alternatives to reduce the number of nurse sows by maximising the number of suckling piglets per sow.
03/12/2016
Having a correct lighting is basic for the productivity of the sow and the farm workers. The recommended minimum is 250 lux for 16 hours per day
03/12/2016
This trick consists in using a spring for holding the semen bag during the insemination. Using springs for the sows' self-insemination.
16/12/2016
Mating the stimulated sows eases the sperm transport to the oviduct, where they meet the ova. Get to mate the sows, stimulated as much as possible by massaging
16/12/2016
Using the year the sows enter in production for the sow's identification number.
16/12/2016
There are different systems for carrying out this water delivery. Probably, the most common one is with a hose, but sometimes, the sows' troughs are not facing
16/12/2016
We need to know, at all moments, which amount of feed are the sows eating, so we will weigh the feed at least once per week.
16/12/2016
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.
16/12/2016
Feed additives could do more than a dip in the sea to help reduce heat stress on sows during the hot summer months.
17/12/2016
Sow’s milk might be the perfect piglet feed, but not for those raised commercially. Or, perhaps it is our limited understanding of its role beyond nutrition
17/12/2016