Đề tài Diagnosis and control of diarrhoea in suckling pigs - Appendix 4

1 Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development Collaboration for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) Program Diagnosis and control of diarrhoea in suckling pigs APPENDIX 4: Farm Reports for northern herds September 2006 Dr Tony Fahy Ms Karen Moore 2 Table of Contents Dong My (Thai Binh Province) - Farm 1 (140 sows) .....................................................................5 General Comments on farm visit 3rd October 2006....................................................................5 Farrowing...............................................................................................................................5 Weaner/Grower/Finisher shed ...............................................................................................5 Vaccination schedule .............................................................................................................5 Comments ..............................................................................................................................5 Farrowing house audit 19/7/05 ...................................................................................................5 Ambient Conditions ~ 9am....................................................................................................6 Sow ........................................................................................................................................6 Piglet ......................................................................................................................................6 Farrowing Shed......................................................................................................................6 Comments ..............................................................................................................................6 Anh De - Farm 2 (150 sows)...........................................................................................................7 General Comments on farm visit 3rd October 2006....................................................................7 Farrowing shed.......................................................................................................................7 Ambient Conditions ...............................................................................................................7 Weaners/Growers/Finishers...................................................................................................7 Vaccines.................................................................................................................................7 Comments ..............................................................................................................................7 Farrowing house audit 19/7/05 ...................................................................................................7 Ambient Conditions ~ 11.30am.............................................................................................7 Sow ........................................................................................................................................8 Piglet ......................................................................................................................................8 Farrowing Shed – old.............................................................................................................8 Farrowing Shed - new............................................................................................................8 General ...................................................................................................................................8 Diagnostic Report ..................................................................................................................8 Comments ..............................................................................................................................8 Anh Thiet (Hung Yen Province) - Farm 3 (100 sows) farrowing house audit 20/7/05 ..................9 Ambient Conditions ...............................................................................................................9 Sow ........................................................................................................................................9 Piglet ......................................................................................................................................9 Farrowing Shed......................................................................................................................9 Diagnostic Report ..................................................................................................................9 Comments ..............................................................................................................................9 Anh Hiep (Hung Yen Province) - Farm 4 (120 sows) ..................................................................10 General Comments on farm visit 4th October 2006..................................................................10 Farrowing House..................................................................................................................10 Dry sow shed........................................................................................................................10 Weaner/grower shed ............................................................................................................10 Growers................................................................................................................................10 General comment .................................................................................................................10 Farrowing house audit 20/7/05 (Cargill Feed Demo farm) ......................................................11 Ambient Conditions ~ 9am..................................................................................................11 Sow ......................................................................................................................................11 Piglet ....................................................................................................................................11 Farrowing Shed....................................................................................................................11 Diagnostic Report ................................................................................................................11 Comments ............................................................................................................................11 Trang Due (Hai Phong Province) - Farm 5 (206 sows moving to 250 sows) ...............................12 3 General Comments on farm visit 1st October 2006 ..................................................................12 Ambient Conditions .............................................................................................................12 Farrowing.............................................................................................................................12 Comments ............................................................................................................................12 Farm audit 18/7/05....................................................................................................................12 Ambient Conditions ~ 9am..................................................................................................12 Sow ......................................................................................................................................13 Piglet ....................................................................................................................................13 Farrowing Shed – old...........................................................................................................13 Farrowing Shed - new..........................................................................................................13 Diagnostic Report ................................................................................................................13 Comments ............................................................................................................................13 Anh Tinh (Hai Phong Province) - Farm 6 control (150 sows)......................................................14 General Comments on farm visit 1st October 2006 ..................................................................14 Ambient Conditions .............................................................................................................14 Farrowing.............................................................................................................................14 Weaners/Growers/Finishers.................................................................................................14 Comments ............................................................................................................................14 Farm audit 18/7/05....................................................................................................................15 Ambient Conditions .............................................................................................................15 Sow ......................................................................................................................................15 Piglet ....................................................................................................................................15 Farrowing Shed....................................................................................................................15 Diagnostic Report ................................................................................................................15 Comments ............................................................................................................................15 Minh Duong (Ha Tay Province) - Farm 7 (100 sows) ..................................................................16 General Comments on farm visit 4th October 2006..................................................................16 Farrowing House..................................................................................................................16 Dry sow shed........................................................................................................................16 Weaner/grower shed ............................................................................................................16 General comment .................................................................................................................16 Farm audit 21/7/05....................................................................................................................16 Ambient Conditions .............................................................................................................16 Sow ......................................................................................................................................17 Piglet ....................................................................................................................................17 Farrowing Shed....................................................................................................................17 Comments ............................................................................................................................17 Chi Huong (Ha Tay Province) - Farm 8 (currently 120 sows moving towards 200 sows)...........18 General Comments on farm visit 4th October 2006..................................................................18 Farrowing House..................................................................................................................18 Dry sow shed........................................................................................................................18 Weaner/grower shed ............................................................................................................18 Grower/Finisher shed...........................................................................................................18 Finisher sheds.......................................................................................................................19 Post visit meeting.................................................................................................................19 General comment .................................................................................................................19 Farm audit 21/7/05....................................................................................................................19 Ambient Conditions .............................................................................................................19 Sow ......................................................................................................................................19 Piglet ....................................................................................................................................19 Farrowing Shed – old...........................................................................................................19 Farrowing Shed - new..........................................................................................................20 4 Comments ............................................................................................................................20 Nhon Hoa (Binh Dinh Province) - Farm 9 (200 sows) .................................................................21 General Comments on farm visit 29th September 2006............................................................21 Ambient Conditions .............................................................................................................21 Farrowing.............................................................................................................................21 Comments ............................................................................................................................21 Farm audit 24/7/05....................................................................................................................21 Ambient Conditions .............................................................................................................21 Sow ......................................................................................................................................21 Piglet ....................................................................................................................................22 Weaners................................................................................................................................22 Farrowing Shed 1.................................................................................................................22 Farrowing Shed 2.................................................................................................................22 Comments ............................................................................................................................22 Dinh-Dung (Binh Dinh Province) - Farm 10 (3 X 50 sow units) .................................................23 General Comments on farm visit 29th September 2006............................................................23 Ambient Conditions .............................................................................................................23 Comments ............................................................................................................................23 Farrowing house audit 24/7/05 .................................................................................................23 Ambient Conditions ............................................................................................................. 23 Sow ......................................................................................................................................23 Piglet ....................................................................................................................................23 Farrowing Shed....................................................................................................................23 Comments ............................................................................................................................23 Appendix 1 - Sow feeding.............................................................................................................24 Appendix 2 - Condition Scoring of Sows .....................................................................................25 Appendix 3 - Water Requirements for Pigs ..................................................................................26 Appendix 4 – Temperature Requirements ....................................................................................27 Appendix 5 - Mange eradication...................................................................................................28 Appendix 6 - Reproductive efficiency ..........................................................................................28 5 Dong My (Thai Binh Province) - Farm 1 (140 sows) TEST FARM General Comments on farm visit 3rd October 2006 These are to be read in the context of the full July report for 2005, which is below. Farrowing • Temperature - 29 °C • Heat Index - 32°C • Relative Humidity - 64% • Wet bulb - 23.7°C There were twenty-three farrowing crates occupied. Three of these sows were still to farrow. There were 13 crates of weaners in the shed. Not only were the drippers, installed in July last year, not in use half of them had been dismantled. In general there were no dedicated creep areas. A few farrowing crates had wooden boxes as creep areas but there were no heat lamps or covering on the floor to prevent draughts. Overall there were no changes from the last visit. There are 100 sows in the dry sow shed. This gives a total of 123 breeders for this farm. Weaner/Grower/Finisher shed There were 324 pigs in total. There was a large amount of Sarcoptic mange visible and a coughing index greater than 10. • Temperature - 30 °C • Heat Index - 34°C • Relative Humidity - 67% • Wet bulb - 25°C Vaccination schedule Breeders • Parvo - 2 weeks before mating • Hog Cholera – 1 month prior to farrowing • Erysip & Pasteurella – 18 days after farrowing • E.coli – 25 days after farrowing • FMD - Breeders twice per year. Progeny • M.hyopneumoniae one shot vaccine at 21 days. • Hog cholera 35 & 65 days of age • FMD - No progeny are vaccinated. Comments Farrowing house audit 19/7/05 6 Ambient Conditions ~ 9am • Temperature - 33.3°C • Heat Index - 42.3°C • Wet Bulb - 27.1°C • Relative Humidity - 62.4% • Wind Speed - 0.7 m/sec Sow • Farrow 20 per month • Vaccinate with Litterguard • Preweaning mortality 10-12% • Water rate approximately 1 L/min • Feeders empty (feed 5kg/day and 6kg for skinny sows) • Respiration rate of 140 for one sow Piglet • Weaning age 21 days • Use 175 watt lamps • Piglets were comfortable Farrowing Shed • Shed east-west orientation • Temperature - 34.1°C •