Management

Javier Lorente tells us how to make newly weaned piglets comfortable and, above all, how to get them to start drinking and eating as soon as possible.

Goggles, masks, earplugs, helmets, boots... We use a lot of PPE on farms, but maybe you hadn't thought of how to protect your fingers when grinding teeth. We'll show you.

Animals tell us how they feel, but do we understand what they are telling us?

We are sharing an example of a sow card used to record basic breeding sow data, which is essential on all farms regardless of their size.

This trick allows us to save hypothermic piglets easily, quickly and with surprising results.

Meeting the needs of the newly weaned pigs often proves to be difficult in many production settings.

The aim of this trick is the improvement of the quality of the environment in the farrowing quarters for the sows as well as for the piglets, saving on energy consumption by means of the manufacturing of nests.

We focus on moving surplus piglets, which forces us to use nurse sows. We explain two ways to do this in a very visual video.

This is how to assemble an "emergency" ramp using the insulation panels left over from the construction of the nursery.

Normally the productivity of the sow is valued for the number of litters/sow/year multiplied by the number of weaned piglets per litter.

How should you decide if your current routines on colostrum are working? How much intake is enough?

To conclude this series of articles, swine reproduction and artificial insemination specialist Javier Gil explains the importance of proper post-service management in terms of when to move sows and how to feed them.