SWINE (Sus domesticus) MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FROM BREEDING TO FARROWING

Abstract

This narrative was made to determine the different factors in raising Pigs: breeds, environment, biosecurity, health, and management practices. Approaching the sow or gilt for breeding is safer and more practical by enhancing artificial breeding using new technology (artificial insemination), where you can select your desired quality varieties to be produced as needed, paying attention to performing activities from the pre-farrowing period up to the farrowing process. Inquiry is done in order to attain information and knowledge regarding the selected topic. The training pertaining to the selected topic, which is swine management, was limited to some parts of the technology; thus, personal experience alone might not be a hundred percent reliable source of information. For this, inquiries while in training were performed in terms of casual conversation with the supervising officer or station trainer and technician in the production of pork (swine meat) here in the country might result into an importation, which will negatively affect our backyard or small-scale swine producers. Decrease in production is highly contributed by factors such as environment, breeds as well as mismanagement, thus, it is an imperative to strictly implement standard management practices. Moreover, given the environmental factors such as disease occurrence, sanitation and proper management practices will help avoid or at least minimize disease incidence in our local swine farms.