U'S' Swine Production Practices and Technology

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U.S. Swine Production Practices and Technology

• AnS 225
• Fall 2009

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3-site Production Each Week with Separate Site
Each nursery and finishing building is on a
separate site.
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3 Site Each Week with Separate Site

• Highest health system
• Every turn is depop/repop
• System must be very large to fill buildings in
  less than a week
• Separate sites cost more
• Transportation between sites
• Inconsistent work load

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3 Site Multiple Farrowing Sites with Each Week
Separate
Each building is on a separate site.
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3 Site Multiple Farrowing Sites with Each Week
Separate

• More farms in system
• Age spread, fill times minimized
• Every turn is depop/repop
• Separate sites cost more
• Transportation between sites
• Commingled pigs

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3 Site Multiple Farrowing Sites with Single
Nursery Site and Multiple Finishers
Each building is on a separate site.
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3 Site Multiple Farrowing Sites with Single
Nursery Site and Multiple Finisher

• More farms in system
• Smaller overall system
• Potential for partial depopulation
• Separate sites cost more
• All weeks of nursery on one site
• No break of animal flow between weeks
• Commingled pigs

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Pitfalls of Multi-site Production

• Unequal Health of Donor Herds
• Variable and Dynamic
• Potential of Multiple Infections
• Compromises are Tempting
• All-in/all-out
• by site, building, or room
• Building fill-times
• Weaning age

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On-Site/Off-Site Production
On-Site, 3-Site Production
Nursery
Trees
Finishing
Breeding
Gestation
Finishing
Farrowing
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On-Site/Off-Site Production

• Single farm implementation
• Lower cost
• Smaller size
• Design for separate air space
• Potential for partial depop
• Biosecurity rules
• Possibility of breakdowns

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Sow Co-op Wean-to-Finish
Site 1 Breeding/Gestation/Farrowing
Site 2 Wean to Finish Barns