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Steve Pollmann (independent consultant, DSP Consulting) discusses housing, weaning age, heat stress and sow mortality rates, among other aspects, in this Engormix interview.
Article published the April 25, 2023
Introduction:Benchmarking has been widely practiced worldwide in the swine industry to improve farm management and productivity. Best practice benchmarking is defined as identifying those practices and processes associated with superior efficiency and performance. In the best-practice benchmarking for breeding farms, measurements in high-performing and ordinary farms have been used to provide valu ...
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Article published the February 16, 2022
IntroductionThe present work addresses the use of data in improving decision making and farm productivity, one of the aspects that has generated more interest in swine production in recent years. In the current review, the limitations of data management and recently developed strategies in this sector have been revised, together with the need for new technologies and their use in the evolution of ...
Article published the February 8, 2022
BackgroundPrimiparous sows (PP) have higher nutrient requirements [1, 2] and fewer piglets born than multiparous sows (MP) [3]. Usually, PP sows are bred before they reach mature body size and when the back fat levels are still limited and often times below the recommendation of 18.0–23.0 mm at first insemination [4]. Part of the nutrient intake of a PP sow during the reproductive cycle is s ...
Article published the August 6, 2021
IntroductionDuring the last decades, the use of data by farmers has been limited. Most of the systems used were simple and mainly focused on the management of farm tasks, with limited or no capacity of analysis. Integration of data from different devices or farms was also difficult, and there was little applied knowledge on the value of data in the strategic decision-making. Another ...
Article published the May 24, 2017
IntroductionLivestock production in confinement facilities results in gas emissions such as ammonia (NH3), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2). In pig production, NH3, CH4 and N2O are products of manure decomposition while CO2 is primarily a product of animal metabolism. Ammonium (NH4+), under acidic or neutral pH conditions or NH3 at higher pH levels, contribute directly t ...
Participation in Forum on January 18, 2017
Indeed a good job. congratulations!I am particularly concerned on reproduction impact. Sometimes we see 'fuzzy' symptoms on gestation losses, low viability litters, splay leg, etc that do not match with management or health problems. We have seen that quite often mycotoxins are involved. So, we always consider this option in the reproductives audits we routinely run for customers and strongly reco ...
Article published the September 12, 2013
1 PigCHAMP Pro Europa S.A. C/ Gremios Segovianos, 13. 40195 Segovia. Spain2 IRTA. Finca Camps i Armet. 17121 Monells. Spain3 Pfizer Salud Animal. Avda. de Europa, 20B. Parque Empresarial La Moraleja. 28108 Alcobendas (Madrid). Spain4 NUTEGA. C/ Marconi, 9. 28823 Coslada (Madrid). SpainSpanish Journal of Agricultural Research 2010 8(3), 599-606Available online at www.inia.es/sjar ISSN: 1695-971-XeI ...