Karina Mikkelsen - Presentación porciFORUM 2018

My success with pigs in Denmark

By Karina Mikkelsen Avlscenter trekanten

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Karina Mikkelsen Formada como Gerente de Operaciones, cuenta con 20 años de experiencia en el sector porcino. Durante muchos años ha trabajado para una consultora veterinaria, dando asistencia a las explotaciones porcinas.

Actualmente es la Jefa de Departamento del centro de cría y reproducción porcina Avlscenter trekanten.

20 years of practical experience Breeding and Production Farms: • Landrace sows (LL) • Yorkshire) sows (YY) • Landrace x Yorkshire sows (LY)

2005-2012 Advising and educating trainees, customers and veterinarians that visit our facilities where they learn how we work.

Piglets with the best start in life achieve the highest performance • 1. Remember small details • 2. Systematic work in farrowing units • 3. Monitor the sow, be sure she have the highest performance • 4. Monitor the piglets

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Prepare the environment

Before entry of the sow Ăź Clean and dry the facilities Ăź Place powder & straw

Temperature

Temperature The day before the sow starts to farrow

Temperature = 24ºC ¡We don’t want weak or cold piglets!

Temperature The day before the sow starts to farrow

Ăź Turn the heat lamp on

Temperature Heat Lamp Newborn: 175 watt

4 days old: 100 watt

Yorkshire/LY Strengths

Weaknesses

Monitor the sows

Farrowing clock When the sow starts giving birth Ăź Put up the farrowing clock Ăź Check the sow every 20 minutes

Treatments When the sow has finished giving birth

Ăź Painkiller Ăź Oxytocin

Yellow clips When a sow is sick

A Yellow Clip indicates the sow receives medication

Monitor the piglets

Clips system Newborn piglets Clip on sows paper indicates the day to give Baycox to the piglets

Powder WHEN • Newborn piglets • Sick-control

COMPOSITION • Woodchips • Potato flour • Chalk

Getting the newborns ready

ü 1 ml of Iron

ü 0,5 ml Clamoxyl (for belly infections)

Getting the newborns ready ü Ear Notch: sows last 2 numbers ü Ear Clips ü Count teats

We put tape on all pigs

ü Tape on belly (not boys) à No belly problems ü Tape on teatsà No blind teats

Registration Everytime a sow gives birth: ü Register information: paper & computer ü Inform ”Newborn Team”

How to make litters the same size? q Small q Medium q Big

Newborn, same size

Print new sow on paper

Pedigree Very important, when you have to choose the size of piglets, the sow is going to have.

Sow paper in the stable

Sow with Bad teats Give her big piglets after giving birth

Miniteam

Development from 2013-2017 2013

2014

2017

Live born per team

12,7

16,6

17,1

Dead born per sow

1,9

1,3

1,5

Weaning on each sow

9,7

11

13,5

Weaning included nurse sow

10,4

15,4

15,7

Team/Sow/Year

2,06

2,36

2,28

Weaning/Pigs/Sow/Year

21,4

36,3

35,9

House for small piglets

Dialyt Fluid & electrolytic balance ü Give Dialyt to all newborn piglets

ü Piglets with diarrea or sick sow à Empty cup

Dialyt If the piglets don’t touch the Dialyt

Take out after 3 days

Adoptions

Adoptions The perfect nurse sow ü 15 piglets ü Good appetite ü Small-medium fat piglets ✖ Do not choose a sow with BIG piglets

Adoptions The perfect nurse sow These two sows will be a good nurse sows, because the pigs have a very good start.

Adoptions Preparing a nurse sow ü Piglets in the corner ü Powder on the floor ü Dialyt

Adoptions Do we need a Nurse sow?

How do we manage the adoptions?

Newborn to ”nurse sow”

”orphan” piglets 1 day-old

Sow with 6-10 day-old piglets receives ”orphan piglets

Sow with 23 day-old piglets receives 6-10 day-old piglets

23 day-old piglets go to weaning stable Milk system

How do we manage the adoptions?

What happens when a piglet dies?

Sow with 6-10 day-old piglets receives ”orphan piglets ”orphan” piglets 1 day-old

Dead piglet

Fill place with a piglet of the same age Milk system

Plus one This sow has: • 13 teats • 12 piglets

If one piglet dies, book her up to 13 again

Great expectations When sows take care of 14-15 piglets, some will be small or slim

Mark small piglets with green spot

Watch hungry piglets!

NÂş 1 Ă Slim piglets in the team

Watch them everyday, and if they lose weight, take them to a nurse sow.

Pigs with green spot

Sick-Control ü Carry out sick-controls everyday ü Make a diary We can’t remember 100% what happened the day before!

Diary q Sick – Control q Last 3 days à Nº of piglets with diarrea (eg. 5-1-0)

Control if medication is working

Mini pigs with house

Attention on “coli team”

Medication ü Bad legs ü Diarrea

Death list Helps to detect problems ✖ Crushing ✖ Colibacilosis ✖ Small size

Whiteboard Weekly planning for the staff

Everyone learns to do everything!

Earclips q 2 week old piglets q Colour according to Nº teats

ü ü ü ü

Colour code 13 teats à BLUE 14 teats à YELLOW 15 teats à ORANGE 16-18 teats à WHITE

Different coloured earclips

Milk System Clean the system with soap every day

Pink cups Clean all the pink cups twice a day

Milk for the Milk System Allround milk

Our Milk System is a big success

Big healthy pigs

Feed all small pigs from day 14

Some piglets need some help… KILL or SAVE?

Strips and rubber bands

Can work magic!

Splay-leg piglet

Now he is walking by himself!

CONCLUSIONS

CONCLUSIONS The key to success is…

• 1. Remember small details • 2. Systematic work in farrowing units • 3. Monitor the sow, be sure she have the highest performance • 4. Monitor the piglets It’s the small details that make the difference!

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