THRIVING after the FALL

The Library · Document 51 · FEASTING · Animals

Swine Breeding and Farrowing Management

Its printed title: Advanced Porcine Reproductive Physiology, Farrowing Management, and Precision Engineering of Anti-Crushing Architectures

Pig breeding from heat to farrowing, written for commercial units as farrowing crates are phased out. It times service at 12 to 24 hours after standing heat is first seen, tables the treatments used to time heat and birth, and explains how a sow crushes piglets when she drops or rolls, with German pen rules and anti-crushing designs. It reckons more than 80% of crushing deaths come in the first 72 hours. It is written for industrial farms, and some pen figures lost their units in extraction.

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51
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FEASTING after the FALL
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Animals
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51 Swine Breeding and Farrowing Management.pdf
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19
Works cited
85

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  • 2 confirmed
  • 1 amended
  • 1 marked for safety
  • A11 amended Safety Sow: >80 % of first-72-h piglet deaths are crushing; farrowing rail 25 cm out and 25 cm up; creep 32–35 °C falling to 25 by end of week one; sow 18–20 °C; savaging by gilts; sow …
  • A41 confirmed Sow: cycle 21 days, stands 48–72 h (gilts 36–48), served second day, gestation 114 days, 15–30 ova, 30–40 % embryonic loss, 10–12 born; nest 24–48 h before; piglet every 10–15 …
  • A42 confirmed TierSchNutztV 2021: crate max 5 days, farrowing pen 6.5–7.5 m², crates end February 2036; sow 14 teats; piglet colostrum ≥250 g first day

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Its works cited 85

As the document lists them, unchecked. Sorted here by their addresses only, which says where a claim comes from, not whether it holds.

  • 37 journals, universities and public bodies
  • 2 blogs
  • 1 shop or maker
  • 44 other web pages
  • 1 without an address
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