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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.

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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.

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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

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Using the year the sows enter in production for the sow's identification number.

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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

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Improve the piglets' comfort in the fattening rooms without compromising ventilation by placing an insulating material over the pens.

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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

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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

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This trick consists in using a spring for holding the semen bag during the insemination. Using springs for the sows' self-insemination.

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This behaviour avoids the submissive animals from having access to water with enough frequency.

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