1. Helle Haugaard Jessen Vet HyoVet Stay focused together with your advisors

2.  Vet’s Agenda  USK piglet  A systematic approach to crossfostering  Well-functioning sow  Case herd – how to lower piglet mortality?  Farrowing unit advisor  Training of staff over a period of time (several days)  Follow-up on crossfostering  Selecting nurse sows  Time spent: 1-2 hours with 100% attention to crossfostering Vet and farrowing unit advisor

3. Practical experiences from herds

4. How many, why and when do piglets die?

5. Piglet USK/post-mortem exam. Empty piglets Crushed, full stomach Destroyed < 600 gDiarrhoeaInfectionOtherTotal 066 12 139 244 8 3 1 1 41 1 511 2 6 0 7 0 8_1427 9 15_21 0 22_30 1 910 Total, no.1729000955 61% die day 0- 4 83% die with empty stomach or are crushed

6. Mortality and diagnosis day 0-4

7. Mortality and diagnosis day 0-30

8. Crossfostering – a systematic approach

9.  Immunization  Vaccination or immunization through exposure to faeces  Better absorbtion of antibodies from piglets’ own mother  As many piglets as possible with the sow  Hygiene – where have you been?  Lactation feed  Highly popular topic  St. g digestible crude protein  Liquid feed hygiene  Feed advisor Immunity and colostrum

10.  MMA  Treatment if necessary  Max 25%  Temperature >39.5  Hands out of your pockets, thoroughly palpate the udder  NSAID/pain relief  Straw is good (Parasympathetic nervous system)  Water  20-60 l water per sow/day  Water valve output: 4-5 l a minute  Possibly prewater sows MMA

11. Piglets born < 600 g (what do we do?)

12. Birgitta Svensmark, Kjellerup 2014

13.  Bronchopneumonia Lung changes

14.  Pleuritis Lung changes Lung changes occur after day 4 = STOP exchanging piglets

15. Starvation or piglet diarrhoea?

16. Lab examination 1.The ventricle is filled with milk! 2.Clostridium perfringens type C detected 3.Diarrhoea diagnosed 4.Treatment

17.  1000 sows/year  BLUE SPF +myc +VAC  43 farrowings per weekly batch  2.23 litters/sow/year  On average 16.2 liveborn per litter x 43 = 697 liveborn  20% dead dropped to 12% dead  20% = 140 dead  12% = 84 dead Case herd

18. Case herd – data summary Dead pigs are counted every week Board Agrosoft week mangement Compared with liveborn

19. ”Before focus” 130 dead / 648 liveborn x 100 = 20% How many, when and why? Days old when dead

20. Crossfostering takes practice!!

21. Practice! 1000 hours Recipe = Extra practice at crossfostering 2 hours daily External assistance/practice daily Repetition Success The ability to make the right decisions becomes routine!

22. “After focus” 62 dead / 516 liveborn x 100 = 12.02%

23. % dead piglets Period: January 1, 2012 – January 1, 2015 20% dead reduced to 12% dead

24. Stillborn piglets Period: January 1, 2012 – January 1, 2015 2.2 stillborn reduced to 1.5 stillborn

25. 25 Every day of the week should be a favourite day!