ANSI 1124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Udder, Diarrhea, Estrous Cycle
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Sow farm video: first stage is breeding process. Must follow so that animals are safe from disease. Initially kept in group housing but once ai"ed, are kept by themselves. About 30 days after, confirm pregnancy with ultrasound and then are moved to gestation barn. Sows choose individual housing over group housing when giving the choice. Hard to do group housing because have obstacles: feeding different body conditions, preventing violence, easier to control in individual housing, gestation, farrowing. 3 months 3 weeks 3 days gestation time. 2 days before birth, moved to farrowing barn farowing grates protects newborns form being crushed, easy access to feed and water. Covered in powder to warm them faster. Within first week of life, receive iron shots, castration, tails docked. Weaned in 3 weeks: piglets go to nursery barn. Taking the mystery out of pig production: nursery barn. 20-24 days after birth taken to nursery barn. Sorted by size small, medium, large.
