Lectures 9-13 Flashcards
Gilt? Barrow? Sow? Boar? Weaner? Piglet? Shoat? Fat hog/finisher? Feeder pig?
Gilt- female that has not farrowed Barrow- castrated male Sow- female that has farrowed Boar- intact male Weaner- piglet that has been weaned Piglet- babies not yet weaned Shoat- little bit older than a weaner Fat hog/finisher- ready for market Feeder pig- older than shoat, getting ready for market
All in/all out?
Animals all come in at once and all leave at once
Done for disease control- not mixing ages of pigs/keeping same ages together
Able to deep clean barn/environment after pigs leave
Depop/repop?
Getting of population due to disease or other reason and repopulating
PRDC?
Porcine resp disease complex
“Shipping fever”
Feedback
System used to do all inoculations on farm- take pathogenic material on farm and expose everyone at same time
Useful for rotavirus, TGE, etc
What is one of the most important things in pig raising
Biosecurity
Non productive sow day
When sows are not gestating or lactating= 3 to 7 days
PEDV
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus
Used to be foreign animal disease but now in US
Batch farrowing
Spread out farrowing at intervals
SEW?
MEW?
MMEW?
Segregated early weaning
Medicated early weaning
Modified medicated early weaning
2 and 3 site production
Different sites- sows and weaned pigs
Or
Sows, weaned pigs, and finisher pigs
SPF?
Specific pathogen free
Primary= c section derived
Secondary= born from primary pigs
Types of pig operations
Farrow to finish Feeder pig producer Feeder pig finisher Pure bred producer Breeding/genetic companies Specialty/ niche market (show pigs, roasters, etc)
Which pigs are used as maternal line
White pigs- yorkshire, landrace, chester white
Have more teats
Which pigs are used as paternal line
“Terminal line”
Colored/dark
Duroc, berkshirem hampshire, spot, poland china
What is used as heat check boar
Meishan- because smaller
Terminal cross?
Offspring is supposed to be ideal market pig
Maternal cross
Offspring is supposed to be best mom
Do you want heterosis?
Yes!
Use of abx in swine herd
Can be used for
Prevention, treatment, and control (treat disease or to prevent major outbreak)
NOT for gain/feed efficiency
Can you use extra label drug use for feed grade abx
NOOOOOOO not at all. very serious
Characteristics for abx
Water soluble
Palatable
Check residues/ compatibility
Is it cost effective?
Things to think about before treating animal with abx
Cost of drug vs cost of animal Withdrawal time Ease of administration Is animal marketable after administration? Is treatment legal? Vet/client relationship
Biosecurity boils down to:
Exclusion
Segregation
Dedication
Acceptable euthanasia under any conditions
Carbon dioxide
Captive bolt
Anesthetic overdose
Acceptable euthanasia under certain conditions
Gunshot
Electrocution
Blunt force trauma
+/- followed by exsanguination
Advantages of all in/all out
Increase feed efficiency and ADG by 8-25%
Decrease death
Increase use of facility
Ease of management
Birth weight of pigs
3-3.5 lbs
Weight at weaning
21 days- 12 lbs
28 days- 17 lbs
Market weight
230-280 lbs
Weight at 8 weeks
40 lbs
Age at market weight
6 months
On farm with sick, options for rescue?
Abx (water, feed, parenteral)
Antiserums
Euthanasia
Other
How to prevent disease
Sanitation Vaccination Abx Management Genetics Biosecurity Other
What to do with pigs 1-3 days
Give iron! We’re asking them to grow as hard as they can for 6 months and they are born borderline iron deficient
Keep warm and dry
Take care of navel
+/- tail, ear notch, abx, coccidiostats, antiserum, needle teeth
Castration
Drugs labelled for pain relief in pigs
None :(
Only two anti-inflammatories
What to do at day 7
Castrate if not already Gilt/boar selection Underline screening for gilts Creep feed \+/- vx (immune system is totally ready to respond to vaccines but may need to start vx if high risk; bordetella, pasturella, erysipelas, circovirus
What to do at 14-28 days
Iron
Vaccinate (?)- mycoplasma, PRRS, circovirus, erysipelas
Parasite control
Wean/split weaning