Swine 5

Question 1

4 goals of nursery unit

Answer 1

1. Provide low stress environment
2. Succesfull transition from milk to solid feed
3. Maintain health
4. Provide optimum conditions for efficient growth

Question 2

Nursery feed method?

Answer 2

Ad lib

Question 3

5 points of good ventilation

Answer 3

1. Supply fresh air
2. Eliminate drafts
3. Exhaust moisture
4. Exhaust noxious gases
5. Provide supplementary heat

Question 4

4 reasons that compromise piglet health in nursery

Answer 4

1. Decay of passive immunity
2. Slow active immune response
3. Stress of weaning
4. Lack of previous exposure

Question 5

Causes of intestinal villi blunting?

Answer 5

1. Weaning stress
2. Soybean meal hypersensitivity
3. Starvation
4. Disease
5. Environmental stress

Question 6

Nursery feeding weeks 1-2

Answer 6

1. Feed 3-4x/day
2. Creep feeders
3. Complex/expensive diets
4. Moist feed or gruel

Question 7

Nursery feeding weeks 3-8

Answer 7

1. Self feeders
2. Filled 1-2x/day
3. Less costly diets

Question 8

4 Factors affecting growth and feed intake?

Answer 8

1. Temp
2. Pen density
3. Disease
4. Water availability