13 weaned per sow

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13 weaned per sow
On the 26th of April, we broke a new record
in Canada at our nucleus farm
13 weaned per farrowed sow
at 20 days average weaning age
At the beginning of April we
reached 15.2 born alive at the nucleus
farm (pure-lines sows). The person in
charge of the farrowing barn was on
vacation and we were preparing a large
gilt order for a customer. So to utilize our
labor efficiently, we made the decision to
do very little fostering and to leave the
maximum piglets with their respective
mothers. Some sows weaned 15 pigs, no
nurse sows were used!
On this farm, the farrowing unit
is equipped with Gestal automatic feeders
that increase the average daily feed intake
per sow. In order for the best sows reach
100 kilos of weaned pig at 21 days of age,
you really need maximum feed intake to
maintain your productivity! With an
excellent feed management program
Nº
Sow identification
(utilizing the gestal feed system in conjunction
with an excellent lactation ration), we are able to
achieve these excellent numbers of piglets weaned
and litter weights . Note that we do not use any
top-dress for parity 1 sows!
A second parity sow milking 15
Boar
identification
Farrowing
date
Parity
1
R
QCJPL 11 R8003
11 G2539
03/04/2012
1
11
11
2
R
QCJPL 11 R8004
10 G2270
06/04/2012
1
14
16
3
R
QCJPL 10 R6303
11 G2568
04/04/2012
4
13
13
4
R
QCJPL 10 R7413
11 G2568
06/04/2012
2
15
15
5
R
QCJPL 11 R7758
11 G2568
05/04/2012
1
17
18
6
R
QCJPL 09 R4509
11 G2539
06/04/2012
7
11
11
7
R
QCJPL 09 R4692
10 G2176
04/04/2012
6
16
19
8
R
QCJPL 09 R5557
11 G2568
06/04/2012
5
17
21
9
R
QCJPL 09 R5772
10 G2176
05/04/2012
5
14
14
10
R
QCJPL 10 R6206
10 G2176
05/04/2012
4
17
17
11
R
QCJPL 10 R6241
11 G2539
08/04/2012
4
14
16
12
R
QCJPL 10 R7220
10 G2176
03/04/2012
2
18
18
13
R
QCJPL 10 R7235
10 G2176
04/04/2012
2
18
18
14
R
QCJPL 10 R7250
11 G2539
04/04/2012
2
19
20
15
R
QCJPL 08 R3882
11 G7890
03/04/2012
8
16
19
16
R
QCJPL 09 R4952
11 G7820
06/04/2012
6
17
17
17
R
QCJPL 09 R4955
11 G7820
06/04/2012
6
12
12
18
R
QCJPL 09 R5661
11 G8005
08/04/2012
5
16
16
19
R
QCJPL 10 R6305
11 G8005
04/04/2012
4
15
16
20
R
QCJPL 10 R6793
11 G8005
06/04/2012
3
16
16
21
R
QCJPL 10 R6865
11 G7820
06/04/2012
3
16
19
22
R
QCJPL 10 R7205
11 G7890
08/04/2012
2
Average
Choice Genetics
is a company of
Born Total
alive born
12
14
15,2
16,2
Weaning
date
26/04/2012
Foster Foster Weaned
in
out
by
2
1
2
4
4
1
2
2
13
11
10
15
12
11
15
13
14
15
13
15
13
13
12
16
11
14
15
11
14
10
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