Registrations being taken for SowBridge 06 Oct 2008

The distance learning programme is designed for owners, employees, technicians, managers, and technical service providers involved in managing or caring for boars, sows, and/or their litters.  Several university Extension programmes have developed and are providing this programme.  Each month a new programme is presented, lasting approximately 45 minutes.

Presentations are mailed on a CD to participants one week prior to the programme.  Participants follow along with the presentations on their computer while listening to the presenter via a toll-free telephone line.  Many breeding/gestation units have multiple employees view and listen over their noon break, utilising a speaker phone. 

“The SowBridge programme provides valuable information on the daily care and management of the sow herd, from breeding through to lactation, as well as piglet care” states, Mark Whitney, swine Extension specialist with the University of Minnesota.

Registration and programme information are available at www.extension.umn.edu/swine.

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