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April 2006 Blueprint Focus - Managing Sows in Gestation

Features photos, illustrations, weight and backfat estimates as an aid in assigning sow body condition scores.

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    Managing Sows In Gestation

    Sow herd management is generally broken into the three phases of a sow's life gestating a litter, nursing a litter and not pregnant but getting ready...More
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    Sow Condition Scoring Guidelines

    Sow herd culling and mortality rates have reached unacceptable levels in some herds. Reproductive failure is the most common reason sows are culled from...More
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    Gestation Sow Housing Options Abound

    The method of housing sows during the breeding-gestation phases of pork production has undergone considerable transition during the last 40 years. The...More
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    Feed Sows For Condition, Productivity

    When designing a feeding program for gestating sows, it is important to remember the overall goals for the nutrition program: Prepare sows to be in proper...More
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    Neutralizing Chronic, Acute Disease Challenges

    Sow and gilt health maintenance in gestation is impacted by a host of factors. The traditional approach to sow and gilt health uses and synonymously....More
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    Understanding Why Sows Are Culled

    Sow culling rates have a direct correlation to the economic efficiency of a breeding herd. Some sows are culled voluntarily in an effort to improve overall...More
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    Optimizing Cull Sow Value

    When is the best time to market cull sows? Before pork producers can answer this seemingly easy question, some additional questions must be thought through:...More
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