Addressing the challenge of Management in Transition

Weaning, a “complicated” stage

In pig production, each phase is of fundamental importance for the optimization of production. The economic cost of the piglet, before its slaughter, is the responsibility of all the agents involved in its correct growth and adaptation to the environment around it, in order to achieve the maximum performance of each animal.

In this article, we will try to explain the management needed to make possible that expression of the productive performance of our animals in phase 2, commonly known as transition.

Weaning is one of the most complicated immune challenges the piglet will have to face throughout its life. At this time, a series of changes will occur, both physiological and environmental, which will test the immune status of the animal. The weaning piglet, in our production model, is an immature animal. A physiological, psychological and nutritional adaptation to the new environment is necessary. This is where management plays a key role.

ROOM COMPLETELY EMPTY AND CLEAN
Before the piglets arrive in the facility, it must have been completely emptied.