{"id":3804,"date":"2021-08-10T14:15:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T20:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/pic\/?p=3804"},"modified":"2021-11-16T16:38:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T22:38:59","slug":"producing-a-quality-weaned-pig-focus-on-consistency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/pic\/producing-a-quality-weaned-pig-focus-on-consistency\/","title":{"rendered":"Producing a Quality Weaned Pig: Focus on Consistency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By JoAnn Alumbaugh, Featured in Farm Journal\u2019s Pork<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s time to move weaned pigs out of the farrowing house, and you notice significant differences in size and quality.&nbsp;Inconsistency can create problems in the nursery and finishing phase because variation will&nbsp;only&nbsp;increase&nbsp;as pigs grow. Efforts to improve uniformity and consistency&nbsp;before pigs are weaned&nbsp;will pay dividends in the long term.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As explained in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/pic\/2020\/10\/15\/the-benefits-of-a-quality-weaned-pig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/pic\/2021\/08\/02\/thriftiness-is-an-important-component-of-a-quality-weaned-pig\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second<\/a>&nbsp;articles on producing a quality weaned pig,&nbsp;the characteristics of a quality weaned pig&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;health, thriftiness, age and weight, and consistency&nbsp;&#8211; are influenced by&nbsp;genetics, management, health and nutrition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Genetics<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Genetics&nbsp;influence the number of pigs per litter. Still,&nbsp;without the added selection of birthweight, pre-wean survivability and the sow\u2019s milk-ability, the number of potential quality weaned pigs can diminish.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Producers should use genetic lines proven to deliver matched quality and consistency in each litter and across weaning groups, says&nbsp;Juan Carlos Pinilla, DVM, Regional Technical Services Director for PIC.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/pic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.png?resize=556%2C404\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is MicrosoftTeams-image-2.png\" width=\"556\" height=\"404\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Production flow really matters,\u201d he says.&nbsp;\u201cEvery group should be&nbsp;similar to&nbsp;the groups&nbsp;preceding and following&nbsp;in terms of&nbsp;age, weight and number.&nbsp;If the groups are different, you may be&nbsp;tempted to go to the room that&nbsp;will&nbsp;be weaned next&nbsp;to fill the nursery,&nbsp;but&nbsp;those pigs are&nbsp;at least&nbsp;5 days younger.&nbsp;Their immunity is different and that could be a challenge.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Younger pigs could look similar in weight, but their physiological development is different, and they could become a challenging subpopulation in the nursery,&nbsp;says Pinilla.&nbsp;Using multiple&nbsp;maternal lines&nbsp;may&nbsp;cause&nbsp;variation in piglet birth weight and daily growth.&nbsp;And when you add in&nbsp;numerous&nbsp;different boar lines,&nbsp;variation may be exacerbated.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou could have&nbsp;five&nbsp;or&nbsp;six&nbsp;different genotypes born into the farm,\u201d&nbsp;says Pinilla.&nbsp;\u201cGenetic lines&nbsp;should be kept&nbsp;to a minimum if&nbsp;a producer&nbsp;wants&nbsp;to have consistent pigs,\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parity&nbsp;management&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Parity structure impacts efficiencies and consistencies of the piglet.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe quality of the piglets at birth,&nbsp;and consequently at weaning,&nbsp;is&nbsp;partially&nbsp;driven by the age of the dam,\u201d he says.&nbsp;\u201cLitters born from&nbsp;P1&nbsp;females tend to be born&nbsp;10%&nbsp;to 13% lighter than other piglets. That is a challenge&nbsp;because there&nbsp;is&nbsp;a high correlation between birth weight and weaning weight.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other&nbsp;end of the spectrum,&nbsp;birthweight&nbsp;variation within a litter is probable if too many older sows are farrowing.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou might have 16 good piglets but one or two per litter&nbsp;may be&nbsp;smaller, and that forces farms to do more management. That\u2019s why parity matters, related to younger and older&nbsp;females.,\u201d explains Pinilla.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jose Piva, PIC Technical Services Manager,&nbsp;agrees, noting the best sows for raising piglets are parities 2, 3 and 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSows at parities 8 to 10 are not the same as they were at a younger age in terms of milking ability and teat quality,\u201d he says. \u201cThere is more variation in birth weight and small piglets are less competitive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Execute parity management to avoid the extremes, with parities either too high or too low.&nbsp;Pinilla recommends a 50% to 55% replacement rate.&nbsp;Use culling&nbsp;as an&nbsp;opportunity to eliminate animals that are not producing to expectations or that&nbsp;can&nbsp;create future issues (i.e., lameness) and are not needed to maintain throughput.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/pic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-3.png?resize=1024%2C435\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3872\" width=\"1024\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/pic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-3.png?w=1364 1364w, https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/pic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-3.png?w=300 300w, https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/pic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-3.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/genus-develop.go-vip.co\/pic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-3.png?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Gilt management<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Gilt pool&nbsp;quality&nbsp;is important for continuous improvement of the sow herd says Piva.&nbsp;Performance&nbsp;variation across systems and even within systems can&nbsp;partly&nbsp;be attributed to the quantity and quality of gilts at their first breeding.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s important to&nbsp;ensure enough&nbsp;grandparent (GP) animals are in the herd&nbsp;to\u202fguarantee&nbsp;the\u202fnecessary flow of&nbsp;quality&nbsp;gilts. A general rule to safely meet this need\u202fis\u202fhaving\u202f8%&nbsp;to&nbsp;10% of total sow inventory be GP&nbsp;females.\u202fPlan multiplication size and gilt-production targets to have&nbsp;the&nbsp;right elite genetics for parity distribution.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know farms have to close sometimes for health reasons without gilt introductions,\u201d explains Piva. \u201cWe need a continual flow of gilts,&nbsp;but if we\u2019re forced to do something different, it\u2019s important to have additional gilts for the next 5 or 6 months so we can cull the older animals as needed.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn simple terms, gilts allow&nbsp;a&nbsp;farm to hit&nbsp;its&nbsp;breeding targets,\u201d Pinilla says.&nbsp;\u201cHowever,&nbsp;if the gilt flow is not producing enough quality pigs, the producer has&nbsp;to change the parity flow.&nbsp;It\u2019s better to have a sow that farrows&nbsp;seven&nbsp;piglets than&nbsp;to&nbsp;have&nbsp;an empty farrowing crate.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Farrowing house management<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Sows need the right environment in which to farrow as well. Piglets need the right environment to thrive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf it\u2019s too cold or too hot&nbsp;in the farrowing room, we can&nbsp;affect&nbsp;piglet quality,\u201d says Piva.&nbsp;\u201cIf the pig is chilled after birth and doesn\u2019t get enough colostrum, it is harder for it to&nbsp;maximize its potential. Sow body condition,&nbsp;access to food and water, the&nbsp;environment of the sow,&nbsp;and&nbsp;colostrum intake are critical.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Piva recommends&nbsp;placing&nbsp;like-parities together so they can be&nbsp;properly managed.&nbsp;For example, parity 1 and 2 sows&nbsp;require&nbsp;similar&nbsp;management&nbsp;and placing them near each other makes&nbsp;management easier and more efficient for staff.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inducing should be minimized or at least carefully considered, Piva and Pinilla point out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen we induce a high percentage of sows, we can get piglets that are not prepared to survive and thrive,\u201d says Piva.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWeaning weight is associated with birth weight. When too many sows are induced, chances are some of those gestations will be terminated a few days too early.,\u201d says Pinilla. \u201cThose piglets could be born challenged \u2013 not only because they\u2019re lighter but also due to compromised pulmonary function. We believe induction is&nbsp;a&nbsp;tool but&nbsp;should be used&nbsp;only when it\u2019s&nbsp;needed.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nutrition<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>\u201cProper nutrition is a big part of piglet quality,\u201d says Piva. \u201cAnd piglet quality depends in large part on the way we feed the sows in gestation. We can create problems if we feed too much or not enough, though I see more damage with sows being overfed in terms of piglet quality. It\u2019s difficult to produce a good quality piglet when sows are not in good body condition.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perform body condition assessments at weaning,&nbsp;30 days, 60 days, and 90 days of gestation.&nbsp;Adjust feeder settings&nbsp;when&nbsp;body condition assessments&nbsp;are performed so sows enter the farrowing room in optimal condition.&nbsp;Piva recommends producers&nbsp;target&nbsp;having&nbsp;90%&nbsp;of females entering the farrowing room in ideal condition.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Continuous improvement<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>As genetics and management have improved, Piva believes&nbsp;sows&nbsp;are&nbsp;much more prepared to raise 14&nbsp;to&nbsp;18 piglets than&nbsp;they were&nbsp;10 years ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA good proportion of sows should have 15&nbsp;to&nbsp;17 piglets,\u201d he says.&nbsp;\u201cWith the right genetics, the right environment, the right&nbsp;feeding&nbsp;and the right management, I believe&nbsp;55%&nbsp;to 60% of the sows&nbsp;in a herd&nbsp;should&nbsp;be able to&nbsp;wean more than 14 piglets.&nbsp;Sows&nbsp;are&nbsp;milking better and&nbsp;producing a&nbsp;more robust piglet.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That continuous improvement bodes well for the future, as producers incorporate the needed tools and protocols to produce more quality weaned pigs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts to improve uniformity and consistency before pigs are weaned will pay dividends in the long term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":431,"featured_media":3864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[100,105,101,102,103,104],"abs_type":[],"pro_group":[],"resource-category":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.1 (Yoast SEO v19.10) - 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