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Pork Prose
(Continued from Pago A 33)
meal. Some researchers even sug
gest that the change in the grunting
pattern serves as a signal for the
pigs to “get ready” for the milk
flow.
When the milk let down ceases,
the pigs often massage the udder
again. We’re not sure why they do
this, because the milk flow has
stopped. But there is evidence that
the duration and intensity of mas
sage on a teat can influence the
milk production from the two
glands supplying that teat.
Hormonal Changes
In The Sow
The stimulation of nursing cre
ates a hormonal shift which, in
turn, brings on a cascade of phys
iological changes in the sow.
The digestive tract is adapted for
an increase in feed intake. Fat
stores throughout the body are
mobilized for the monumental
increase in energy that the sow will
need to crank out milk. The blood
flow and metabolism in the mam
mary gland change in a way that
help the udder mop up every scrap
of energy and nutrients that happen
to pass by in the blood stream. And
all of this, which affects the life of
the pig and the money in your
pocket, is intensified as pigs spend
more time massaging the udder.
Can The Sow
And Pig
Understand
Each Other?
Any producer that’s farrowed at
least one sow will agree that as
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soon as a sow starts the grunting
(barking) routine, pigs will stop
what they’re doing and line up at
the dinner table.
But Dr. Algers takes it a step
farther. He has found that when
sows and litters are exposed to 8S
decibels of fan noise, the grunting
of the sow is masked. As a result,
fewer pigs are attracted to the front
of the udder. The systematic rou
tine of massage-suckle-massage is
disrupted. Total time spent nursing
and massaging is reduced. Fights
occur more frequently. And not
surprisingly, milk production is
lower.
Now stop and think about the
last time you had a conversation
with someone in your farrowing
house, especially during the sum
mer months when the fans were
rolling. You have to shout to be
heard. And if you’re more than 10
feet apart, you can’t even under
stand each other.
Now, add to that the sound of a
radio, played loud enough that you
can hear it over the noise of the
ventilation system. It should make
you wonder if we’re doing the
sows any favors by adding even
more clatter to a place that already
is not very peaceful.
Is it important for a pig to hear
the sow’s voice? One study has
shown that at one day of age, 46
percent of the pigs tested in three
litters responded to the voice of
their own sow when it was tested
against the voice of another sow.
By day two, 88 percent responded
exclusively to their own sow. If
nature has built in that recognition
ability, I think it’s fair to assume
there must be a reason.
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Scott Hotter and a crew of five
who manage a 1,200-sow farrow
to-feeder unit in Lebanon County
make an art of cross fostering. I say
this, because in the two years that
the unit has been farrowing sows,
preweaning mortality has aver
aged less than five percent
Admittedly, the large farrowing
groups present more opportunities
for cross-fostering, but the follow
ing practices obviously go a long
way toward reducing death loss.
As a farrowing room fills with
newborn pigs, litters are first
equalized for number and size of
pigs. From there on, sows and lit
ters are carefully observed, and the
best and poorest milldng sows are
quickly identified. The small,
weak pigs are moved to the best
nursing sows (especially those
with slender nipples that are easily
to nurse). The largest, most robust
pigs are placed on sows that seem
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Often entire litters are moved,
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This cross-fostering process con
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1. The delicate process of nurs
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has much to do with whether we
make or lose money in the hog
business.
2. Improving our understanding
of the metabolic changes brought
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The eighth annual Guernsey Gold
Futurity was held on Nov. 7,1993,
in Louisville, Kentucky, at the
North American International
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Hoffer, S. 1993. Penonal
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