Gestation Sow Housing- Options Abound

摘要

The method of housing sows during the breeding-gestation phases of pork production has undergone considerable transition during the last 40 years. The move to housing sows indoors had several major drivers: A worker could more easily manage a larger number of sows (feeding, vaccinating, mating and moving individual animals); A worker could more easily manage the environmental aspects needed by the sows; More sows could be housed in a smaller area; and Reproductive performance of the herd would be enhanced.