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Solid floors are difficult to clean - TIPS ON PIGS This trick shows how to reduce the cleaning time of the fattening pens with a solid floor. Fattening pigs with a clean pen.
02/12/2016
Using a tarpaulin to crowd pigs together - TIPS FOR PIGS This method works especially well in farms where pens are wide or have unusual dimensions.
03/12/2016
Insemination with no hands - TIPS ON PIGS 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
Control of the feed weight - TIPS ON PIGS 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
Knowing the sows' age - TIPS ON PIGS Using the year the sows enter in production for the sow's identification number.
16/12/2016
Planning gilt service - TIPS ON PIGS The strategy involves synchronizing the gilts so they come into heat at the same time, in order to properly manage the number of inseminations targeted for each
16/12/2016
Supplementing water to lactating sows - TIPS ON PIGS 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
Early piglet weaning in their own farrowing pen - TIPS ON PIGS Build a fence to keep the weaned piglets in a farrowing pen. This trick expects to find an accommodation for the early weaned piglets leaving them
16/12/2016
Cleaning the bowls for milk replacer supplementation - TIPS ON PIGS A system for cleaning the bowls in a practical, effective, and quick way without splashing all the farrowing pen or soaking the piglets.
02/12/2016
How to avoid the pigs from lying beside the drinking troughs during the hot season? This behaviour avoids the submissive animals from having access to water with enough frequency.
16/12/2016