Pig
producers met in Norfolk
this week to discuss seasonality. My colleagues and I in the BPEX knowledge
transfer team will now identify suitable interventions to trial to try and
combat it. Points discussed included:
- Plan ahead and have extra at least 10% extra gilts available for the seasonality period
- Provide wallows, sprinklers, showers and shades for all stock, at all stages of production
- Adjust the service routine so animals are served earlier in the day when cooler
- Do not be tempted to reserve return sows and keep to the policy of: two returns as a gilt and one return for the rest of her life
- If you are home breeding, do not select gilts from a dam that has returned during the summer period in case there is a genetic predisposition for seasonal infertility.
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