Phytogenics instead of drugs?
Christine Hunger, Product Manager Phytogenics, Biomin Holding GmbH
In Europe pig producers have already refused from antibiotics for preventive purposes. As we are going to export pork on the European market this rule will apply to our producers. At once the question arises: what to replace antibiotics with? One of the variants is phytogenics.
The main causes of piglets mortality
Based on materials of Article by Steven McOrist, veterinary consultant (China)
«Good beginning is half the battle»: to care piglets’ health is needed from the first day of their lives. This article helps to understand the five most common problems that cause mortality of suckling piglets.
What should be the sow stalls?
Georgiy Sheremet, an expert on technical issues in pig producing, firm «VARIANT»
Equipment is one of the components of successful pork production. The main criteria are comfort of animals, rational distribution indoors and minimizing the human factor. How to achieve this, read in the article.
Remco Schrijver: «If there is transparency, there will be efficiency»
This time we communicate with international expert, who came to Ukraine upon the request of Association of Pig producers of Ukraine with support of Project USAID Agroinvest, to answer the questions, actual for the branch, to share the world experience and to show the ways out of main problems. So we took the opportunity to ask Mr. Schrijver, what of he was surprised in Ukrainian pig breeding.
Common mistakes: sow unit
Victor Evert, doctor of veterinary medicine, coordinator of Consultation center of the Ukrainian Pig Producers Association
The heart of every pigfarm is a sow unit. In general, the best staff is working there and managers’ efforts are concentrated. The sow unit index shows how effective the farm is. If there are any problems in this section, they have a negative impact on production in general. Unfortunately the most of all mistakes are made here
Diagnostics of hemophilic polyserositis of pigs
Olga Beh, doctor of veterinary medicine, pigbreeding consultant
Diseases of bacterial etiology are usually taken as secondary in comparison with viral, the preventive measures of which are paid more attention. At the same time, the problem of spreading respiratory diseases of bacterial origin become more and more up-to-date in Ukraine. One of them is hemophilic polyserositis or Glasser’s disease. The article concentrates on diagnosing and methods of its effective prevention.
Prolificacy or heavier litter: when the economy is better?
Victoria Pylypets-Romaniuk, head technologist of «Servolux-Genetic»
Almost all world genetic companies pay key attention to increasing number of liveborn piglets in maternal lines selection. Thus now it is fancy to boast by number of piglets per farrowing, but how far is it economically practical?
Secrets of effective pig’s fattening
The main reason, when the expensive genetics doesn’t give the desired result — incorrect feeding. How to prevent such errors and fatten pigs efficiently the specialist in feeding Alphonse Heseker shared during the VI International Congress «Profitable Pig».
«Nyva Pereyaslavshchyny»: one step ahead
If you do still believe that in Ukraine there are no pig farms that can compete with the best world ones, then you do not know about Nyva Pereyaslavshchyny, JV LLC. Enterprise has already built seven closed-cycle complexes, with the capacity of 30 thousand head per year each. Only 11 employees operate on each complex, but the Nyva Pereyaslavshchyny’s production figures are at the level with world leaders of pig production. But according to livestock executive manager Vitaliy Shakel: the main objective of the company — not to chase the rates but become more efficient. Then business under any conditions will be profitable and bring profits.
Porcine epidemic diarrhea — a new danger for our pigbreeding
Victor Evert, doctor of veterinary medicine, coordinator of Consultation center of the Ukrainian Pig Producers Association
Oleksiy Sheptuha, doctor of veterinary medicine, pigbreeding consultant
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