Weigh boars for AI

摘要

Individual handling of the boars at an AI centre should extend to the rationing of feed for each animal, with the daily amount set according to body weight rather than from a subjective assessment of physical condition. New ideas on designing a boarstud have been described to international specialists in pig reproduction and artificial insemination. They heard the suggestion of a novel H-shaped layout, to achieve easier handling of the boars to and from the area used for semen collection. What is more, each boar would be weighed every time it was moved as a guide to its correct level of feeding.