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CCTV to Help Reduce Piglet Predation Outdoors

2013-10-14 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

UK - Cameras have been installed to help identify the causes of pre-weaning mortality on an outdoor unit in East Anglia, as part of a BPEX field trial.

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Germany Bans Piglet Castration without Anaethesia from 2019

2013-09-30 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GERMANY - The castration of piglets without anaesthesia was extended until the end of 2018 in order to give producers enough time to make adjustments, according to recently published paper.

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Germany Bans Piglet Castration Without Anaesthesia from 2019

2013-09-30 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GERMANY - The castration of piglets without anaesthesia was extended until the end of 2018 in order to give producers enough time to make adjustments, according to recently published paper.

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Analyzing How Farm Size Impacts Piglet Survival

2013-09-09 23:07:00| National Hog Farmer

By Ron Ketchem and Mark Rix, Swine Management Services LLC, Fremont, NE In this first in a series of three articles that come from farms in Ohio, we are looking at performance by farm size related to piglet survival. Next weeks article will delve into parity performance by farm size and the third article will cover piglet death loss by lactation day by farm size. The data for the articles is based on 48 farms, totaling 112,432 mated females, from our In-Depth Farm Analysis database. read more

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