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Industry Partners
Prairie Swine Centre is an affiliate of the University of Saskatchewan
Prairie Swine Centre is grateful for the assistance of the George Morris Centre in developing the economics portion of Pork Insight.
Financial support for the Enterprise Model Project and Pork Insight has been provided by:
Batch Farrowing
Posted in: Pork Insight Articles, Production by admin on May 9, 2017
Advantages
- Better control of the effect of certain pathogens in farrowing, nursery and finisher
- Less medication cost in the wean to finish period
- Potential for improved daily gain, feed conversion and reduced mortality rates
Disadvantages
- Less flexible breeding targets
- Management of fall behind piglets
- Staff difficulties of implementation and execution