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Pig Health & Well-Being

WEBPig Health & Well-Being. Properly identifying signs of illness, injury, or disease in pigs, and understanding the basics of normal behaviour and appearance play an important role in …

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Small Scale Pig Farming

WEBPig Health; Marketing your Pigs; Raising pigs outside? A site designed for Canadian small-scale pig farmers. Everything you need to know about feeding, fencing, housing and …

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Disease Prevention

WEBSalmonella can be a risk to human health. Always wash your hands when working with pigs. Signs. Ileitis – signs can include diarrhea (can be bloody), poor growth, and …

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Pig disease management

WEBHow is swine disease spread? There are a number of ways in which disease can spread throughout your pigs. Sometimes diseased or healthy pigs incubate disease, …

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Feeding Your Pigs

WEBPigs need to be fed everyday, with the amount of feed they require being dependent on their breed, age, sex, stage of growth, condition, and type of ingredients used. Typically, …

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Raising Pigs on Pasture

WEBParasites present a human health and food safety risk, therefore disease and parasite management is essential for health and welfare of your pigs in addition to your safety. …

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FEEDING YOUR PIGS

WEBthe health and well‐being of your pigs. Χ Avoid feeding recycled food products (RFPs) including kitchen waste or food scraps to pigs as they may be contaminated with or …

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Managing you pigs health

WEBFeeding Your Pigs Pigs can be raised on a variety of feeds, as long as the nutritional requirements for various stages of production are met. Pigs need to be fed …

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Breeding & Gestation

WEBGestation length: 3 months, 3 weeks, and 3 days (116 days on average). Avoid mixing different groups of sows, especially within the first 28 days after breeding. This will …

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Feeding your pigs

WEBFencing for your pigs is a critical factor in raising pigs. Fencing provides a barrier to keep pigs within a specific area, in addition to keeping predators and unwanted …

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