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Mixing sows into groups only days after AI

Within less than two years, all breeding farms in the European Union have to keep their gestating sows in group housing as from a month after insemination. Some producers, experiment further. Smeenk Farms in Haarle, the Netherlands, keeps sows in crates for only a couple of days – and with success.
      Much has been written and said about it – as from 1 January 2013, all sow breeding farms in the... read more »

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Pig house design is key to production success

For long, proper ventilation and insulation have been key points in constructing proper pig housing. Agri-housing is never a case of ’one-size-fits-all’. read more >

Cost-effective housing is paramount

A pig is sired, born, raised and fattened to then be served on our plates – that is one procedure, which will not change in the next 25 years. However, the framework for pork production will become much more challenging in the future. The priorities of goals to be achieved may vary from country to country, but one thing will be evident worldwide: cost-effectiveness will be paramount. read more >

What the textbooks don’t tell you about…Computerised Wet Feeding: Past, present and future

I confess that I have been a lifelong convert to the wet (pipeline) feeding of pigs. For myself it all started on the Taymix farm in Dorset, England when with some 12,000 growing pigs to feed, the pump of our wet feeding system broke down and the replacement part took three days to arrive. All hands, including myself as technical director were mustered to carry bags of feed to each of the 800 pens. Twice a day. I finished at two in the morning and had to be back at it again at 6 am. For three days! That brought home to me what a labour-saving device it was! By John Gadd read more >

The perception of biosecurity on swine farms in Spain

One of the major tasks for veterinarians is to give advice to farmers on how to enhance biosecurity on their farms. Therefore, it is good to know what the farmers themselves perceive as the most important issues in biosecurity. This led to a group of Spanish researchers who collected data from 172 farms in Spain to gain a better view of that perception. read more >

The importance of cleaning and disinfection control

Many pig farmers are familiar with modern cleaning and disinfection protocols. However, these protocols are often not applied correctly. Research done by the Animal Health Care Flanders (DGZ), Belgium, shows that the use of microbiologic monitoring which has been applied in the poultry sector for a long time - is also applicable in pig houses to check the efficacy of the cleaning and disinfection procedure. read more >
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