Een zeugenhouder wil een maximaal aantal gezonde biggen realiseren. Maar hoe doet u dit? Door goed naar de zeugen te kijken en te handelen vóór problemen ontstaan. Zo verhoogt u de worpgrootte en verlaagt u de uitval van biggen. Richt uw bedrijf zo in dat het bij u past én bij de dieren: voor u efficiënt en voor de zeug prettig. Van werpen tot dracht.

Zeugen helpt u de varkenssignalen op te pikken. Zo moet voerweigering direct opvallen. Hoe komt dit? Is het warm, drinkt de zeug onvoldoende of wordt ze overvoerd? En ziet u het verschil tussen doodgeboren en doodgelegen biggen? Oorzaken kennen is de halve oplossing. Zeugen staat vol praktische handreikingen voor optimale productieresultaten. Met heldere teksten en informatieve fotos en illustraties.

Zeugen is een thema-editie uit de succesvolle reeks Varkenssignalen.

Auteurs: Kees Scheepens, Marrit van Engen

In UK/Ireland available via Context Bookshop, 5M Publishing and Landsmans Books:
www.contextbookshop.com, 5m Publishing and www.landsmansbooks.com 

As a pig farmer your goal is to get the maximum number of healthy piglets, while balancing your own wishes with animal welfare and developments in society. But how? First of all by observing your sows well, and by acting before any problems arise. This will increase the size of your litters and reduce the number of piglets you lose.

Sows starts with you, the breeder. Organise your farm so that it suits both your needs and those of the animals: efficient for you and comfortable for your sows. Sows next discusses the entire trajectory from farrowing to gestation, paying special attention to the culling of older sows and the selection of gilts. The aim is to have sows in peak condition for easy farrowing and maximum milk production. And to quickly get them back into heat, inseminate them successfully and have another easy gestation. Become aware of ‘pig signals’. A refusal to eat, for example, should be noticed immediately. What has caused it? Is the sow too warm, not drinking enough or being overfed? And do you see the difference between stillborn piglets and those that have been crushed after farrowing? Understanding the cause is half the solution.

Sows is full of practical tips and information to achieve optimal production results, with clearly written text and informative photographs and illustrations. After reading this book you will coach your sows to a series of worldclass performances!

Authors: Kees Scheepens, Marrit van Engen

En France disponible à www.editionsduboisbaudry.eu 
En Québec (Canada) disponible à www.craaq.qc.ca

Un éleveur naisseur a pour objectif de produire un maximum de porcelets en bonne santé, tenant compte des besoins économiques, animaliers et sociaux. Signes de truies vous aide à y parvenir. D’abord, en observant correctement les truies, puis en intervenant avant que les problèmes ne deviennent évidents. Ainsi, vous pourrez obtenir une augmentation de taille des portées et une chute de la mortalité de porcelets.

L’ouvrage commence avec vous, l’entrepreneur. Organisez votre élevage pour qu’il s’accorde avec vous et vos animaux. Rentable pour vous, agréable pour la truie.

Sachez capter les signes ! Ainsi, tout refus de s’alimenter doit attirer l’attention. Quelle en est la cause ? Est-ce qu’il fait chaud, est-ce que la truie ne boit pas assez, est-ce qu’on lui donne trop à manger ? Comment faire la différence entre les porcelets mort-nés et écrasés ? Connaître les causes, c’est déjà la moitié de la solution. Signes de truies propose de nombreux conseils pratiques pour optimiser votre production. Ainsi, en tant que « coach », vous pourrez conduire vos truies vers des prestations de haut niveau !

Auteurs: Kees Scheepens, Marrit van Engen, Philippe Leneveu

As a pig farmer your goal is to get the maximum number of healthy piglets, while balancing your own wishes with animal welfare and developments in society. But how? First of all by observing your sows well, and by acting before any problems arise. This will increase the size of your litters and reduce the number of piglets you lose.

Sows starts with you, the breeder. Organise your farm so that it suits both your needs and those of the animals: efficient for you and comfortable for your sows. Sows next discusses the entire trajectory from farrowing to gestation, paying special attention to the culling of older sows and the selection of gilts. The aim is to have sows in peak condition for easy farrowing and maximum milk production. And to quickly get them back into heat, inseminate them successfully and have another easy gestation. Become aware of ‘pig signals’. A refusal to eat, for example, should be noticed immediately. What has caused it? Is the sow too warm, not drinking enough or being overfed? And do you see the difference between stillborn piglets and those that have been crushed after farrowing? Understanding the cause is half the solution.

Sows is full of practical tips and information to achieve optimal production results, with clearly written text and informative photographs and illustrations. After reading this book you will coach your sows to a series of worldclass performances!

Authors: Kees Scheepens, Marrit van Engen

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As a pig farmer your goal is to get the maximum number of healthy piglets, while balancing your own wishes with animal welfare and developments in society. But how? First of all by observing your sows well, and by acting before any problems arise. This will increase the size of your litters and reduce the number of piglets you lose.

Sows starts with you, the breeder. Organise your farm so that it suits both your needs and those of the animals: efficient for you and comfortable for your sows. Sows next discusses the entire trajectory from farrowing to gestation, paying special attention to the culling of older sows and the selection of gilts. The aim is to have sows in peak condition for easy farrowing and maximum milk production. And to quickly get them back into heat, inseminate them successfully and have another easy gestation. Become aware of ‘pig signals’. A refusal to eat, for example, should be noticed immediately. What has caused it? Is the sow too warm, not drinking enough or being overfed? And do you see the difference between stillborn piglets and those that have been crushed after farrowing? Understanding the cause is half the solution.

Sows is full of practical tips and information to achieve optimal production results, with clearly written text and informative photographs and illustrations. After reading this book you will coach your sows to a series of worldclass performances!

Authors: Kees Scheepens, Marrit van Engen

As a pig farmer your goal is to get the maximum number of healthy piglets, while balancing your own wishes with animal welfare and developments in society. But how? First of all by observing your sows well, and by acting before any problems arise. This will increase the size of your litters and reduce the number of piglets you lose.

Sows starts with you, the breeder. Organise your farm so that it suits both your needs and those of the animals: efficient for you and comfortable for your sows. Sows next discusses the entire trajectory from farrowing to gestation, paying special attention to the culling of older sows and the selection of gilts. The aim is to have sows in peak condition for easy farrowing and maximum milk production. And to quickly get them back into heat, inseminate them successfully and have another easy gestation. Become aware of ‘pig signals’. A refusal to eat, for example, should be noticed immediately. What has caused it? Is the sow too warm, not drinking enough or being overfed? And do you see the difference between stillborn piglets and those that have been crushed after farrowing? Understanding the cause is half the solution.

Sows is full of practical tips and information to achieve optimal production results, with clearly written text and informative photographs and illustrations. After reading this book you will coach your sows to a series of worldclass performances!

Authors: Kees Scheepens, Marrit van Engen

As a pig farmer your goal is to get the maximum number of healthy piglets, while balancing your own wishes with animal welfare and developments in society. But how? First of all by observing your sows well, and by acting before any problems arise. This will increase the size of your litters and reduce the number of piglets you lose.

Sows starts with you, the breeder. Organise your farm so that it suits both your needs and those of the animals: efficient for you and comfortable for your sows. Sows next discusses the entire trajectory from farrowing to gestation, paying special attention to the culling of older sows and the selection of gilts. The aim is to have sows in peak condition for easy farrowing and maximum milk production. And to quickly get them back into heat, inseminate them successfully and have another easy gestation. Become aware of ‘pig signals’. A refusal to eat, for example, should be noticed immediately. What has caused it? Is the sow too warm, not drinking enough or being overfed? And do you see the difference between stillborn piglets and those that have been crushed after farrowing? Understanding the cause is half the solution.

Sows is full of practical tips and information to achieve optimal production results, with clearly written text and informative photographs and illustrations. After reading this book you will coach your sows to a series of worldclass performances!

Authors: Kees Scheepens, Marrit van Engen