Pig Production & Welfare

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Basic Facts
(What - Name - Housing)

Birth - ❌ - ❌
Weaning - ❌ - ❌
Transfer - ❌ - ❌
Slaughter - ❌ - Growing Shed
Breeding Selection - ❌ - ❌
Lactaion - ❌ - Farrowing Area
Weaning - Sow - ❌

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Piglet

Farrowing Area

Weaner

Weaner Deck

Grower/Finisher

Growing Shed

Baconer/Porker

Gilt

Gilt Ranges

Sow

Mating Area

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Efficiency

Feed to Meat Ratio - ❌
= Total ❌

Feed to Meat Price Ratio - ❌
= ❌

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Feed Used / Total Carcass Weight Sold

$/kg Carcass / $/kg Feed

How many kg of feed = 1 kg of carcass?

How much profit is made?

Explicación

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Factors Affecting Profitability

1.
2.
3.
4.

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Pig Breeds used to produce slaughter generation:

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Weekly Events

Farrowing - ( Weds, Thurs, Fri, Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs, Fri, Sat )
Weaning - ( Thurs, Fri, Weds )
Mating - ( Mon/Tues/Weds, Weds/Thurs/Fri, Fri/Sat/Sun )
Abbatoir - ( Tues, Mon, Weds )

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Pregunta 6 de 11

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Sow Reproduction
Puberty @ ❌
Oestrus cycle = ❌
Mated ❌
Gestation = ❌
Lactation = ❌
Weaning to Mating again = ❌
Piglets per litter = ❌
Mortality before weaning = ❌
Mortality after weaning = ❌

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6 months

21 days

2-3x per year

3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days

28 days

7 days

10-14

10%

3%

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Boar Reproduction
Effect on ❌ in sows and gilts
Services per week = ❌
Natural mating = ❌
Artificial Insemination = ❌

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oestrus

2-3

1 Boar to 15-20 Sows

1 Boar to 45-60 Sows

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 11

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Farrowing Systems
Domestic Sows produce ❌ litters

System Achievements:
Decrease ❌
High ❌
Easier ❌
Separation of ❌
Safe and easy ❌

Cant be in crate...
❌ before farrowing
❌ for lactation
❌

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large

pre-weaning mortality

levels of hygiene to prevent disease

piglet management

Sows during lactation

access by staff

>5 days

>4 weeks

Without material that can be manipulated

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Mortality
Adaption Problem: Piglets transitioned from a ❌ environment to ❌

Approx. ❌ of mortality occurs in the first ❌
- ❌
- must overcome ❌ ❌ challenges

❌ mortality indoor with crates - ❌ outdoors
Main causes:
- ❌
- ❌
- ❌

Piglet deficiencies
- low ❌
- immature ❌
- limited ❌

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protected, controlled, intra-uterine

unpredictable external environment

70%

3 days

Asphyxiation at birth

respiratory, immunological, digestive,

nutritional and thermoregulatory

12%

18%

stillbirth/poor viability

starvation

accidental crushing

energy reserves

immune system

ability to conserve heat

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High and Low Viability Survival Characteristics

High:
- ❌
- born ❌
- higher ❌
- more frequently ❌
- rapidly ❌

Low:
- ❌
- born ❌
- longer ❌
- born ❌
- take ❌
- born with ❌

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heavier @ birth >1kg

earlier in litter

low birth weight <1kg

later in litter

birth interval bt/w piglets

rectal temp 1hr post birth

weak

longer to make udder contact

a damaged/ruptured umbilical cord

attempting to stand and walk

find udder and suckle colostrum

Explicación

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Piglet Husbandry Procedures
1. Teeth ❌
- clipping or grinding ❌
- removes ❌
- prevents ❌ and ❌

2. Tail ❌
- prevent ❌
- must be ❌

3. Fostering & Equalising ❌
- adjust ❌ to ❌
- group ❌

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@ <5 days old

sharp points on needle teeth

facial injuries to litter mates

damage to teat and udder

tail biting (Vice)

performed by vet if 7+ days old

# piglets suckling

functional teat number

even sized piglets together

Reduction

Docking

litter size

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Behaviour, Handling & Welfare Test sobre Pig Production & Welfare, creado por Hannah-Marie Rhodes el 02/11/2019.

Pig Production & Welfare

Pregunta 1 de 11

Basic Facts (What - Name - Housing) Birth - ❌ - ❌ Weaning - ❌ - ❌ Transfer - ❌ - ❌ Slaughter - ❌ - Growing Shed Breeding Selection - ❌ - ❌ Lactaion - ❌ - Farrowing Area Weaning - Sow - ❌

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Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 11

Efficiency Feed to Meat Ratio - ❌ = Total ❌ Feed to Meat Price Ratio - ❌ = ❌

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Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 11

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Factors Affecting Profitability 1. 2. 3. 4.

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 11

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Pig Breeds used to produce slaughter generation:

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 11

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Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 11

Sow Reproduction Puberty @ ❌ Oestrus cycle = ❌ Mated ❌ Gestation = ❌ Lactation = ❌ Weaning to Mating again = ❌ Piglets per litter = ❌ Mortality before weaning = ❌ Mortality after weaning = ❌

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Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 11

Boar Reproduction Effect on ❌ in sows and gilts Services per week = ❌ Natural mating = ❌ Artificial Insemination = ❌

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Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 11

Farrowing Systems Domestic Sows produce ❌ litters System Achievements: Decrease ❌ High ❌ Easier ❌ Separation of ❌ Safe and easy ❌ Cant be in crate... ❌ before farrowing ❌ for lactation ❌

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Explicación

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Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 11

High and Low Viability Survival Characteristics High: - ❌ - born ❌ - higher ❌ - more frequently ❌ - rapidly ❌ Low: - ❌ - born ❌ - longer ❌ - born ❌ - take ❌ - born with ❌

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Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 11

Piglet Husbandry Procedures 1. Teeth ❌ - clipping or grinding ❌ - removes ❌ - prevents ❌ and ❌ 2. Tail ❌ - prevent ❌ - must be ❌ 3. Fostering & Equalising ❌ - adjust ❌ to ❌ - group ❌

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Explicación

Basic Facts
(What - Name - Housing)

Birth - ❌ - ❌
Weaning - ❌ - ❌
Transfer - ❌ - ❌
Slaughter - ❌ - Growing Shed
Breeding Selection - ❌ - ❌
Lactaion - ❌ - Farrowing Area
Weaning - Sow - ❌

Efficiency

Feed to Meat Ratio - ❌
= Total ❌

Feed to Meat Price Ratio - ❌
= ❌

Factors Affecting Profitability

1.
2.
3.
4.

Sow Reproduction
Puberty @ ❌
Oestrus cycle = ❌
Mated ❌
Gestation = ❌
Lactation = ❌
Weaning to Mating again = ❌
Piglets per litter = ❌
Mortality before weaning = ❌
Mortality after weaning = ❌

Boar Reproduction
Effect on ❌ in sows and gilts
Services per week = ❌
Natural mating = ❌
Artificial Insemination = ❌

Farrowing Systems
Domestic Sows produce ❌ litters

System Achievements:
Decrease ❌
High ❌
Easier ❌
Separation of ❌
Safe and easy ❌

Cant be in crate...
❌ before farrowing
❌ for lactation
❌

High and Low Viability Survival Characteristics

High:
- ❌
- born ❌
- higher ❌
- more frequently ❌
- rapidly ❌

Low:
- ❌
- born ❌
- longer ❌
- born ❌
- take ❌
- born with ❌

Piglet Husbandry Procedures
1. Teeth ❌
- clipping or grinding ❌
- removes ❌
- prevents ❌ and ❌

2. Tail ❌
- prevent ❌
- must be ❌

3. Fostering & Equalising ❌
- adjust ❌ to ❌
- group ❌