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PRRS infected - what can you do? If you are unlucky to get infected into your herd by purchasing animals, by air or by sperm, the future of the herd must be carefully considered.Read how we did it on 4 farms in 4 different countries http://pfms.mozello.com/february-2020-artic/page-1/
Are you adding up to 15 euro per finisher in the slurry (yes adding). Lawsonia ,your profits in the slurry? Infection with Lawsonia can cause diarrhea......... Read the full article at http://pfms.mozello.com/february-2020-artic/lawson/
We are getting to many questions and requests about farmers who only have weaning pigs and or finisher/Hog So doesn't matter what you have and the amount of heads you have.
Gilts during maturity have the best stomach health when they are given medium ground grain . Read the full article at http://pfms.mozello.com/february-2020-artic/page/
Beware of this costly mistake in the farm feed mixer
When reviewing the feed mix we find several errors, and the consequence is typically expensive in the form of high feed consumption, diarrhea or low meat percentage.
CHECK YOUR SAFETY MARGINS In the professional field, as a user of swine feed, whether using finished feed or being a home mixer, one should relate to what is specifically the content of vitamin A and vitamin E and vitamin K
leg position in An increased replacement rate in the sow team is a costly affair, and it is therefore important to invest in gilts that have an optimal leg position and healthy hoofs. See the photo on our site of bad and good leg position.
If you send a gilt for slaughter after weaning the first litter, it must have been a deficit business. It may have it even if it gets two litters. It is probably only after weaning the third litter that it contributes positively to the farm economy.
The gilts are raw material for pig production. If the raw material is not of a good quality, then it is more difficult to get an optimal production. I often see that the gilts is a down-prioritized group of pigs, compared to what they have to contribute to
Farrowing fever is a complex of diseases with varying incidence in the stables. Farrowing fever not only affects the health of the sows, but also affects the newborn piglets to a great extent.
Weighing the smallest piglets by weaning gives a better opportunity to feed them properly. It sounds simple, but is something that is far from always happening.
That's why sows die in the farrowing house - the most frequent cause surprising us.
The mortality rate for sows in Denmark in 2018 was 12.6 percent. About half die spontaneously and often without prior symptoms. Most spontaneous deaths happen in the farrow.