My success with pigs in Denmark By Karina Mikkelsen Avlscenter trekanten
Ponencia patrocinada por:
Karina Mikkelsen Formada como Gerente de Operaciones, cuenta con 20 años de experiencia en el sector porcino. Durante muchos años ha trabajado para una consultora veterinaria, dando asistencia a las explotaciones porcinas. Actualmente es la Jefa de Departamento del centro de cría y reproducción porcina Avlscenter trekanten.
20 years of practical experience Breeding and Production Farms: • Landrace sows (LL) • Yorkshire) sows (YY) • Landrace x Yorkshire sows (LY)
2005-2012 Advising and educating trainees, customers and veterinarians that visit our facilities where they learn how we work.
Piglets with the best start in life achieve the highest performance • 1. Remember small details • 2. Systematic work in farrowing units • 3. Monitor the sow, be sure she have the highest performance • 4. Monitor the piglets
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Prepare the environment
Before entry of the sow Ăź Clean and dry the facilities Ăź Place powder & straw
Temperature
Temperature The day before the sow starts to farrow
Temperature = 24ºC ¡We don’t want weak or cold piglets!
Temperature The day before the sow starts to farrow
Ăź Turn the heat lamp on
Temperature Heat Lamp Newborn: 175 watt
4 days old: 100 watt
Yorkshire/LY Strengths
Weaknesses
Monitor the sows
Farrowing clock When the sow starts giving birth Ăź Put up the farrowing clock Ăź Check the sow every 20 minutes
Treatments When the sow has finished giving birth
Ăź Painkiller Ăź Oxytocin
Yellow clips When a sow is sick
A Yellow Clip indicates the sow receives medication
Monitor the piglets
Clips system Newborn piglets Clip on sows paper indicates the day to give Baycox to the piglets
Powder WHEN • Newborn piglets • Sick-control
COMPOSITION • Woodchips • Potato flour • Chalk
Getting the newborns ready
ü 1 ml of Iron
ü 0,5 ml Clamoxyl (for belly infections)
Getting the newborns ready ü Ear Notch: sows last 2 numbers ü Ear Clips ü Count teats
We put tape on all pigs
ü Tape on belly (not boys) à No belly problems ü Tape on teatsà No blind teats
Registration Everytime a sow gives birth: ü Register information: paper & computer ü Inform ”Newborn Team”
How to make litters the same size? q Small q Medium q Big
Newborn, same size
Print new sow on paper
Pedigree Very important, when you have to choose the size of piglets, the sow is going to have.
Sow paper in the stable
Sow with Bad teats Give her big piglets after giving birth
Miniteam
Development from 2013-2017 2013
2014
2017
Live born per team
12,7
16,6
17,1
Dead born per sow
1,9
1,3
1,5
Weaning on each sow
9,7
11
13,5
Weaning included nurse sow
10,4
15,4
15,7
Team/Sow/Year
2,06
2,36
2,28
Weaning/Pigs/Sow/Year
21,4
36,3
35,9
House for small piglets
Dialyt Fluid & electrolytic balance ü Give Dialyt to all newborn piglets
ü Piglets with diarrea or sick sow à Empty cup
Dialyt If the piglets don’t touch the Dialyt
Take out after 3 days
Adoptions
Adoptions The perfect nurse sow ü 15 piglets ü Good appetite ü Small-medium fat piglets ✖ Do not choose a sow with BIG piglets
Adoptions The perfect nurse sow These two sows will be a good nurse sows, because the pigs have a very good start.
Adoptions Preparing a nurse sow ü Piglets in the corner ü Powder on the floor ü Dialyt
Adoptions Do we need a Nurse sow?
How do we manage the adoptions? Newborn to ”nurse sow”
”orphan” piglets 1 day-old
Sow with 6-10 day-old piglets receives ”orphan piglets
Sow with 23 day-old piglets receives 6-10 day-old piglets
23 day-old piglets go to weaning stable Milk system
How do we manage the adoptions? What happens when a piglet dies? Sow with 6-10 day-old piglets receives ”orphan piglets ”orphan” piglets 1 day-old
Dead piglet
Fill place with a piglet of the same age Milk system
Plus one This sow has: • 13 teats • 12 piglets
If one piglet dies, book her up to 13 again
Great expectations When sows take care of 14-15 piglets, some will be small or slim
Mark small piglets with green spot
Watch hungry piglets! NÂş 1 Ă Slim piglets in the team
Watch them everyday, and if they lose weight, take them to a nurse sow.
Pigs with green spot
Sick-Control ü Carry out sick-controls everyday ü Make a diary We can’t remember 100% what happened the day before!
Diary q Sick – Control q Last 3 days à Nº of piglets with diarrea (eg. 5-1-0)
Control if medication is working
Mini pigs with house
Attention on “coli team”
Medication ü Bad legs ü Diarrea
Death list Helps to detect problems ✖ Crushing ✖ Colibacilosis ✖ Small size
Whiteboard Weekly planning for the staff
Everyone learns to do everything!
Earclips q 2 week old piglets q Colour according to Nº teats
ü ü ü ü
Colour code 13 teats à BLUE 14 teats à YELLOW 15 teats à ORANGE 16-18 teats à WHITE
Different coloured earclips
Milk System Clean the system with soap every day
Pink cups Clean all the pink cups twice a day
Milk for the Milk System Allround milk
Our Milk System is a big success
Big healthy pigs
Feed all small pigs from day 14
Some piglets need some help… KILL or SAVE?
Strips and rubber bands
Can work magic!
Splay-leg piglet
Now he is walking by himself!
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS The key to success is… • 1. Remember small details • 2. Systematic work in farrowing units • 3. Monitor the sow, be sure she have the highest performance • 4. Monitor the piglets It’s the small details that make the difference!
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