Pigs

Increase the performance of your sows

As a pig farmer you invest a lot of resources in optimising your results. Because we demand a lot from sows during the period in the farrowing house, for example, they could do with something extra at that time. Besides raising the piglets, the sow needs to prepare for the next gestation period. At Kanters you will find products that you can use at these specific times to achieve optimum results and good performance.

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Challenge

Every pig can use a little extra

During the lactation period, it is important that the sow’s weight loss remains as low as possible. A better ‘Body Condition Score’ results in a higher number of piglets being born in the next litter. You can prevent weight loss by providing readily available nutrients in the drinking water. Follicles also develop in the last week before weaning. Offering extra energy will stimulate this development.

How to recognise it

How do you recognise fertility problems in the barn?

If you walk around in the farrowing house, you can easily recognise problems. Sows that don’t want to stand up, eat less, or piglets that are weak because they don’t get enough milk… All problems caused by a negative energy balance. Piglets require a lot of energy from a sow and if the sow doesn’t get this through her feed, she ends up in a negative spiral.

Cause & effect

A sow uses a lot of energy during the farrowing period

During the farrowing period, a sow uses more energy than she takes in. Large litters demand more from a sow; a good mother wants to provide all her piglets with enough milk. This causes her to lose kilos. A sick sow cannot produce good ova for the next gestation.

The bad ova that are formed in the period after weaning can never produce a good number of piglets in the gestation period. So make sure your sows are in good condition during the farrowing period and also during the gestation period. Only then can a sow give birth to healthy piglets.

Solution

Pro-Mac gives the sow energy in critical periods

During critical periods, pigs need extra minerals, trace elements, vitamins and energy. At Kanters you will therefore find a drinking water supplement with vitamins, energy, trace elements and extra minerals, supplemented with organic acids. This complete mix ensures that sows receive extra energy through their drinking water, so that they can take good care of their piglets during the farrowing and gestation periods. This is also the solution for antibiotic reduction.

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