Major practice in swine production [manuscript]
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2020
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Reicy Joezel D. Geronimo
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The Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Central Luzon State University offered the major practice program with the main purpose of producing graduates which are skillfull, knowledgeable and confident in their field of specialization.
The major practice conducted from July 2019 to December 2019 at the APO Swine Module I. The student was exposed to the different management practices on the farm.It includes management of pregnant sow as well as lactating sow, suckling and weanling management and boar and dry sow management.
The APO Swine Module I recorded a farrowing rate of 62.5 percent with litter index of 1.9 from the average of 19.4 sow level for 5 months of major practice duration. During the major practice, the project has a total of 24 breeding and 15 litters. Also, the farm registered a 11.27 average piglets per litter and piglets born alive per litter is 10.93. Other production performance recorded were as follows: 9.13 piglets weaned per litter, 9.13 pglets reared per litter, 1.59 kg average birth weight, average weaning weight of 7.56, pre-weaning mortality of 16.46 percent, no case of post-weaning mortality and piglets born per sow per year of 11.27.