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TEACH YOUR YOUNG PIGLETS TO DRINK AND EAT AT A VERY EARLY STAGE, IN A PLAYFUL WAY!! Playfully, out of curiosity, all piglets drink and eat within 48 hours of birth!
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Increased fertility is possible!
More than ever did advise veterinarians and AI specialist Lianol® Ferti to sow farmers in 2020. The main goal was maximizing fertility on a farm.
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A higher birthweight due to preventive actions!
The majority of pig breeders knows the yearly production cycle. A productive first half of the year turning into a period with possible heat stress followed by seasonal infertility in September to end with less viable piglets in October and November.
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Seasonal infertility: the cause, the cost and can you prevent it from happening?
Still summer and already warning for the upcoming seasonal infertility?! A good understanding of what causes seasonal infertility or the so-called after-summer dip can help in preventing and limiting the negative consequences.
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Increasing the farrowing rate with a fertility tab ?
An article about Marco van Gemert improving piglet production at his sow farm in Brabant. Nieuwe oogst magazine
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The cost of heat stress for a pigfarm!
Heat stress has a major effect on the technical results of a farm. This applies to slaughter pigs as for sows and their piglets. The financial results suffer equally. The annual damage for the complete pork industry in the US alone is estimated at a whopping 300 million Dollar.
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15 Practical tips to prevent heat stress!
Some tips & tricks originating from a veterinarian to avoid heat stress.
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What is the seasonal effect on my technical results?
"Is there a seasonal effect on my technical results?" “How big is it?” "Can I fix it?"
Questions that an entrepreneur has to ask him/herself. We have collected the technical data of the best performing farms in Belgium and the Netherlands in order to analyze the seasonal effect.
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Heat stress, a seasonal or a daily problem?
Every outside temperature, exceeding the thermo neutral zone of the sow (16 - 22°C), causes heat stress. The definition of heat stress is the shift of nutrients destined for the production of milk, meat or reproduction towards the conservation of a constant body temperature.
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Weaning piglets more easily? Their IGF-1 level appears to be important!
The therapeutic use of zinc oxide for weaned piglets has been strictly restricted in The Netherlands since 2018. By June 2022 at the latest, this too will be the case in all other EU Member States. The argumentation is its abundant use giving rise to significant environmental pollution.
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