The qualitative and quantitative evaluation of protein and their building blocks, amino acids plays a key role in pig nutrition. This approach is indispensable for increasing feed efficiency. Previously feed proteins were evaluated based on their crude protein content. This approach, however, does not account...
Precision livestock farming has become a buzzword in pig husbandry and nutrition, since swine farms can only be operated profitably and sustainably in the long-term if precision technologies are applied. Theoretic background for precision swine farming Precision swine farming (similar to precision livestock farming) means adopting...
To increase the efficacy of pig breeding, it is important to increase the number of piglets weaned per sow per year. This is generally achieved by using hyper-prolific hybrids, where it is not unusual to have more than 20 piglets born alive per litter. However,...
Extreme temperature events are becoming more and more frequent because of climate change, and this increases the likelihood of heat stress. Summer heat poses a challenge to all Hungarian pig farms, independent of housing conditions or genetics. Besides farm management strategies, feeding strategies adapted to...
Modern hyperprolific sows and their piglets face numerous challenges during their lives. Rearing a litter is not an easy task in itself, let alone with improved genetics resulting in increasing litter sizes, longer duration of farrowing, milk production being an issue, lower birth weight, decreased...
In the previous issue we covered the aspects of housing and nutrition of young breeding animals. This issue focuses on the newborn piglet, since the development of the animals in this phase (from birth until weaning) is a fundamentally important part of pork production. The number...
