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Pen furniture arrangement
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What makes a good pig manager?
Over the past 15 years I have been privileged to sit in discussion with some very impressive and successful pig farm managers. One can learn much from successful people in all walks of life, and once I left the farm I made some notes and recorded some of their verbatim comments. I opened this file when I wrote last month's blog on 'Who takes vital decisions on the pig farm?'
Over the past 15 years I have been privileged to sit in discussion with some very impressive and successful pig farm managers. One can learn much from successful people in all walks of life, and once I left the farm I made some notes and recorded some of their verbatim comments. I opened this file when I wrote last month's blog on 'Who takes vital decisions on the pig farm?'

Most managers were over 45 years old and had 20 years or more experience of pigs. As individuals all were quite different personalities, but what was common to virtually all of them I list below.

1. They were all good planners
Managing pig flow and managing work flow - equally important. Daily meetings held with key staff and weekly meetings with all staff, at which clear instructions were given for the week ahead. All workers had clear job responsibility sheets, including their own health and safety, emergency drill, the farms legal responsibilities and veterinary updates.

2. Monitoring progress
"You cannot manage what you don't measure," is what I often heard. The bigger farms had a full-time recorder and the smaller farms hired a recorder for two sessions a week. "Free the workers to concentrate on what they are good at - looking after the pigs." The weekly get-togethers were used for checking the accuracy of input collection and the manager interpreting the week's progress to the staff. Computerised records, of course, with frequent use of a bolt-on predictive 'what if?' facility. "I don't often use it, but I need to know what is possible/likely."

3. Buying and selling
Some liked it, others suffered it, but all agreed that regular telephone and personal contact with suppliers and prospective buyers was essential. All were skilled negotiators, knowing how far to go and when to concede. "Never give up anything without getting something in return."

4. Motivating staff
Some managers were tough, some friendly, but all aimed to be seen as fair. "Ask about their families and their out-of-hours interests/hobbies," I heard frequently, just as "Create a team spirit." Occasional, i.e. annual, 'socials' with staff family members, including the owner's family, all paid for by the company, were suggested. As for checking on things, "be in the right place at the 'wrong' time." Then guide and encourage. "Don't bawl people out; explain, but don't patronise."

5. Passionate about pigs?
Surprisingly - not always! More interested in business management, cost control and getting value for money. "Farm for the most underprivileged pig on the farm, and for the least committed worker." So, how much thinking/planning; how much supervising/ tail chasing? About 60:40 seemed to be the split.

6. Self-training
"As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information," said Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister 1874-1880. "I make time to secure that information," one manager told me.

What makes a good pig manager?
Over the past 15 years I have been privileged to sit in discussion with some very impressive and successful pig farm managers. One can learn much from successful people in all walks of life, and once I left the farm I made some notes and recorded some of their verbatim comments. I opened this file when I wrote last month's blog on 'Who takes vital decisions on the pig farm?'
Over the past 15 years I have been privileged to sit in discussion with some very impressive and successful pig farm managers. One can learn much from successful people in all walks of life, and once I left the farm I made some notes and recorded some of their verbatim comments. I opened this file when I wrote last month's blog on 'Who takes vital decisions on the pig farm?'

Most managers were over 45 years old and had 20 years or more experience of pigs. As individuals all were quite different personalities, but what was common to virtually all of them I list below.

1. They were all good planners
Managing pig flow and managing work flow - equally important. Daily meetings held with key staff and weekly meetings with all staff, at which clear instructions were given for the week ahead. All workers had clear job responsibility sheets, including their own health and safety, emergency drill, the farms legal responsibilities and veterinary updates.

2. Monitoring progress
"You cannot manage what you don't measure," is what I often heard. The bigger farms had a full-time recorder and the smaller farms hired a recorder for two sessions a week. "Free the workers to concentrate on what they are good at - looking after the pigs." The weekly get-togethers were used for checking the accuracy of input collection and the manager interpreting the week's progress to the staff. Computerised records, of course, with frequent use of a bolt-on predictive 'what if?' facility. "I don't often use it, but I need to know what is possible/likely."

3. Buying and selling
Some liked it, others suffered it, but all agreed that regular telephone and personal contact with suppliers and prospective buyers was essential. All were skilled negotiators, knowing how far to go and when to concede. "Never give up anything without getting something in return."

4. Motivating staff
Some managers were tough, some friendly, but all aimed to be seen as fair. "Ask about their families and their out-of-hours interests/hobbies," I heard frequently, just as "Create a team spirit." Occasional, i.e. annual, 'socials' with staff family members, including the owner's family, all paid for by the company, were suggested. As for checking on things, "be in the right place at the 'wrong' time." Then guide and encourage. "Don't bawl people out; explain, but don't patronise."

5. Passionate about pigs?
Surprisingly - not always! More interested in business management, cost control and getting value for money. "Farm for the most underprivileged pig on the farm, and for the least committed worker." So, how much thinking/planning; how much supervising/ tail chasing? About 60:40 seemed to be the split.

6. Self-training
"As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information," said Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister 1874-1880. "I make time to secure that information," one manager told me.

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Thirty years ago today, on April 22, 1990, Nigerians woke up to a very disturbing speech on the Federal Radio Cooperation of Nigeria, FRCN Lagos, by a man who introduced himself as Major Gideon Orkar, who announced that he and his loyalists, had overthrown the government of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida. The most radical point in his rambling speech was his decision to “temporarily” excise some states from the country, as if they were a bunch of badly behaved children being told by an angry parent to stay out of the house until they learn their manners. While some Nigerians at the time found reasons to be excited by that speech, as they have been about other coups before, others deduced the reasoning, and heard the voice, of a radically naïve officer. That speech alone was the switch to Orkar’s spotlight. The beginning, if you like, of his 15 minutes of fame. It was ironically also the speech that hanged him, and the 68 or so other officers executed alongside him on account of their actions that day in Lagos in 1990. Not to mention those killed in action. At the time Orkar came on air, the coup plotters were still far from achieving their objective of overthrowing the government. Yes, they had secured the radio station from where they made the broadcast, held, for a short period of time, Dodan Barracks, the seat of the military government at the time, and some other locations, but they had not secured or neutralized Gen. Babangida or his Chief of Army Staff, then Lt. Gen. Sani Abacha. They had not in fact secured any loyalties or positions outside of Lagos. In those hours of uncertainty, with Abacha, who had survived an assassination attempt that morning, trying to rally troops and assess who was loyal to Gen. Babangida or not, Orkar went on air and blew out the candle of his own revolution. He announced that “a temporary decision to excise the following states namely; Sokoto, Borno, Katsina, Kano and Bauchi states from the Federal Republic of Nigeria comes into effect immediately until [some] conditions are met. It was, in all honesty, a speech that was Trumpish—before Donald Trump himself invented that genre of absurdity. It was chaotic, puerile and vindictive. It was also conflating where it described Gen. Babangida as a power-grabbing self-perpetuating tyrant while in the same breath accused a clique of hijacking Babangida’s government. The conditions for the reabsorption of these temporarily excised states were also infantile. Unlike other coup plotters, like Maj. Chukwuma Nzeogu for instance, who were careful to put the country and its unity front and centre in their speeches, Orkar, who lacked Nzeogwu’s charisma and popularity within the army, reduced his speech to projecting regional sentiments ahead of the country. There was a persistent reference to perceived injustices to the Middle Belt [where he was from] and the South and officers from those regions. The greatest accomplishment of Orkar’s speech, ironically was to unravel his unsteady grip on power and galvanise officers and military formations that were hitherto waiting to see which way to throw their loyalty. Orkar made the choice simple. “The Evil Genius” or the “Unhinged and Unknown.” The soldiers chose the devil they knew, to borrow a common adage. Hours later, Col. Mohammed Dansofo, holding fort for Maj. Gen. Ike Nwachukwu (who was on leave at the time) as the GOC 1 Division in Kaduna, pledged loyalty to Gen. Babangida. As did Col. Chris Alli, who was commanding the 3rd Infantry Brigade in Kano. Soon a rallying point for the resistance against the Orkar-led coup emerged and it was a formidable one, led by Gen. Abacha himself. Other than Orkar’s speech, which Lt. Gen Abacha in his own broadcast later that day would describe as “an embarrassing radio broadcast,” other factors contributed to the failure of that coup. There was the fact that the coup had to be launched in a hurry. The plotters, mostly mid-level officers, feared there had been a leak within their ranks and did not want to be rounded up, as the Mamman Vatsa-plotters had been four years before. They began an offensive that eventually delivered a premature baby. There were tactical failures as well. Capt. N. H Empere’s failure to secure the T-55 tanks at Dodan Barracks when he had the chance to do so was fatal. Those same tanks would be used by the Abacha-led troops to decimate the coupist. Also, failure to neutralize Gen. Babangida and Abacha were also key factors in a day of many failures for Orkar’s men. Lt. SOS Echendu, who led the assault on Dodan Barracks, would years later, admit that he watched Babangida, whom he admired, escape Dodan Barracks in a 504 vehicle while he was within his range. “I was in my 20s, I was intellectually advanced. I wanted him captured alive and tried. I wanted the nation to see him and read his crimes during his trial so that our citizens would see where we were coming from….I wanted to set a different standard from what used to obtain: Kill him and the case would be closed, but capture him and set him on trial, then the Nigerian people would be able to hear his crimes,” Echendu said in a 2014 interview. Babangida survived, and is still alive today. As is Echendu who escaped to the US after the failed coup. As did the alleged principal plotter, Major Saliba Mukoro. As did Col. Tony Nyiam, the most senior officer on the side of the coup plotters. He too would say years later that the coup did not fail because it wasn’t a coup in the first place. “We did not see the action as a coup but as an uprising, to correct some anomalies,” he said. Many others saw it as a failed attempt to dismember a country. With the benefit of hindsight, Echendu and Nyiam and the other plotters who managed to escape that night have had time to reflect on their actions thirty years ago. Nyiam, for instance believed that some of the issues they kicked against that night had been addressed and this made their sacrifices worth it. In different words, Echendu would say something similar. But what did that attempt do for Nigeria? Did it hasten Gen. Babangida’s relocation of the capital to Abuja? Many people think so. Did it secure Abacha’s place as Babangida’s right hand and heir apparent? Pretty much so. Did it force the military to close ranks? That is tough to say. In the 28 years Abuja has been the seat of power, there has been only one other coup plot since then, depending on where one stands on the Diya ‘phatom or not phantom’ coup. And then there has been Abacha’s 1993 palace displacement of Shonekan. What would Nigeria have been like today if that Orkar coup had succeeded? The surviving plotters think it would have been a far better country, others think it would have been a disaster, a string of broken up territories that once formed a country. Hardly any revolution in history had stayed the cause and most often become what they fought against, or worse. The coup might have followed the well-worn path of history or maybe be one of the few exceptions. The reality is that it is hard to tell. This has fallen into the realm of speculation alongside other what ifs: such as what would the world have been like if the Nazis had won? Or if communism had triumphed over capitalism? Perhaps we would have known if Orkar had held off that speech for a few more hours. What we do know for certain is that Nigeria as country tottered dangerously on the precipice of disintegration on this day 30 years ago, as it had several times before in its history. And somehow, it is still trundling on the fringes like a stoned giant waiting the next trip or slip.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/the-gideon-orkar-coup-thirty-years-on.html

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combating drought and heat stress in pig farming

top tips from across the globe on how to manage high temperatures on farm, how to prevent and treat heat stress in pigs and how to manage water shortages during a drought
Extreme temperatures and water shortages take their toll on pig herds in particular, with heat stress and heat stroke being prominent causes of weakness, diarrhoea and acute distress. Droughts result in restricted water use across all agricultural businesses and in swine herds, water shortages can be catastrophic – continuous access to clean water is critical for pig health. Wallows (mud baths created through pumping water into shallow mud areas) also provide pigs with some relief from the heat but water use restrictions can prevent the maintenance of such areas.
According to advice published on the website of Western Australia’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, “Most animals can transfer internal heat to the outside of the body by sweating and panting – these are the two most important tools for the maintenance of body temperature and form their inbuilt evaporative cooling system. However, pigs do not sweat and have relatively small lungs. Due to these physiological limitations and their relatively thick subcutaneous fat, pigs are prone to heat stress.”
Responsible use of water and keeping your pigs cool are essential to maintaining productivity and welfare in your herd. Below, a rundown of top tips from our network of producers and experts to ensure you can keep your herd happy throughout the year.
Spotting a struggling pig and how to treat them
When a pig’s internal temperature increases, it reaches a point where it can no longer increase moisture loss through increasing respiration – the ‘heat stress emergency’ point. The animal may pant harder but without relief; this cycle can lead to death. In cases in which heat stress occurs only for a short period of time (two to three hours), no lasting harm has been observed in most individuals.
Clinical signs
• Respiration increases in intensity (panting).
• Lethargy when moving.
• Pig reduces its feed intake to slow the internal heat of digestion (sensible heat) being produced.
• Reduced growth in feeder pigs.
• Reduced milk production in lactating sows.
• Loss in weight.
• Diarrhoea.
• Increased water consumption.
• Increased urine output.
• Muscle trembling and weakness.
Treating heat stress
1. Use a cool, wet towel on the neck and back of a pig and change the towel regularly to ensure it is having the desired cooling effect.
2. Consider putting diluted vinegar on the skin as it evaporates quickly, removing heat. Once cooler wash off the vinegar if you wish.
3. Dribble cold water into the rectum of the affected animal using a flutter valve.
4. Feed electrolyte rebalancing solutions to seriously affected pigs.
One top tip: Do not use cold or freezing water to cool pigs down if doing so directly – use tepid water as the shock of cold water has been known to kill pigs.

conbating drought and heat stress
top tips from across the globe on how to manage high temperatures on farm, how to prevent and treat heat stress in pigs and how to manage water shortages during a drought
Extreme temperatures and water shortages take their toll on pig herds in particular, with heat stress and heat stroke being prominent causes of weakness, diarrhoea and acute distress. Droughts result in restricted water use across all agricultural businesses and in swine herds, water shortages can be catastrophic – continuous access to clean water is critical for pig health. Wallows (mud baths created through pumping water into shallow mud areas) also provide pigs with some relief from the heat but water use restrictions can prevent the maintenance of such areas.
According to advice published on the website of Western Australia’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, “Most animals can transfer internal heat to the outside of the body by sweating and panting – these are the two most important tools for the maintenance of body temperature and form their inbuilt evaporative cooling system. However, pigs do not sweat and have relatively small lungs. Due to these physiological limitations and their relatively thick subcutaneous fat, pigs are prone to heat stress.”
Responsible use of water and keeping your pigs cool are essential to maintaining productivity and welfare in your herd. Below, a rundown of top tips from our network of producers and experts to ensure you can keep your herd happy throughout the year.
Spotting a struggling pig and how to treat them
When a pig’s internal temperature increases, it reaches a point where it can no longer increase moisture loss through increasing respiration – the ‘heat stress emergency’ point. The animal may pant harder but without relief; this cycle can lead to death. In cases in which heat stress occurs only for a short period of time (two to three hours), no lasting harm has been observed in most individuals.
Clinical signs
• Respiration increases in intensity (panting).
• Lethargy when moving.
• Pig reduces its feed intake to slow the internal heat of digestion (sensible heat) being produced.
• Reduced growth in feeder pigs.
• Reduced milk production in lactating sows.
• Loss in weight.
• Diarrhoea.
• Increased water consumption.
• Increased urine output.
• Muscle trembling and weakness.
Treating heat stress
1. Use a cool, wet towel on the neck and back of a pig and change the towel regularly to ensure it is having the desired cooling effect.
2. Consider putting diluted vinegar on the skin as it evaporates quickly, removing heat. Once cooler wash off the vinegar if you wish.
3. Dribble cold water into the rectum of the affected animal using a flutter valve.
4. Feed electrolyte rebalancing solutions to seriously affected pigs.
One top tip: Do not use cold or freezing water to cool pigs down if doing so directly – use tepid water as the shock of cold water has been known to kill pigs.

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Dealing with drought and evading heat stress in pigs

top tips from across the globe on how to manage high temperatures on farm, how to prevent and treat heat stress in pigs and how to manage water shortages during a drought
Extreme temperatures and water shortages take their toll on pig herds in particular, with heat stress and heat stroke being prominent causes of weakness, diarrhoea and acute distress. Droughts result in restricted water use across all agricultural businesses and in swine herds, water shortages can be catastrophic – continuous access to clean water is critical for pig health. Wallows (mud baths created through pumping water into shallow mud areas) also provide pigs with some relief from the heat but water use restrictions can prevent the maintenance of such areas.
According to advice published on the website of Western Australia’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, “Most animals can transfer internal heat to the outside of the body by sweating and panting – these are the two most important tools for the maintenance of body temperature and form their inbuilt evaporative cooling system. However, pigs do not sweat and have relatively small lungs. Due to these physiological limitations and their relatively thick subcutaneous fat, pigs are prone to heat stress.”
Responsible use of water and keeping your pigs cool are essential to maintaining productivity and welfare in your herd. Below, a rundown of top tips from our network of producers and experts to ensure you can keep your herd happy throughout the year.
Spotting a struggling pig and how to treat them
When a pig’s internal temperature increases, it reaches a point where it can no longer increase moisture loss through increasing respiration – the ‘heat stress emergency’ point. The animal may pant harder but without relief; this cycle can lead to death. In cases in which heat stress occurs only for a short period of time (two to three hours), no lasting harm has been observed in most individuals.
Clinical signs
• Respiration increases in intensity (panting).
• Lethargy when moving.
• Pig reduces its feed intake to slow the internal heat of digestion (sensible heat) being produced.
• Reduced growth in feeder pigs.
• Reduced milk production in lactating sows.
• Loss in weight.
• Diarrhoea.
• Increased water consumption.
• Increased urine output.
• Muscle trembling and weakness.
Treating heat stress
1. Use a cool, wet towel on the neck and back of a pig and change the towel regularly to ensure it is having the desired cooling effect.
2. Consider putting diluted vinegar on the skin as it evaporates quickly, removing heat. Once cooler wash off the vinegar if you wish.
3. Dribble cold water into the rectum of the affected animal using a flutter valve.
4. Feed electrolyte rebalancing solutions to seriously affected pigs.
One top tip: Do not use cold or freezing water to cool pigs down if doing so directly – use tepid water as the shock of cold water has been known to kill pigs.

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Probiotics are used in all stages of pig production: sow herd, nursery and growing-finishing pigs. Generally speaking, the use of probiotics aims to establish a healthy gut microbiota, improve health, well-being and productivity of the animals (Cho et al. 2011). However, if we are more specific, the practical application (or result) of using probiotics can be distinct in every context

benefits of probiotics to the sow herd
• Reduction of clinical signs of the uterus and/or udder disease
• Increase feed consumption during last pregnancy stages or lactation
• Improvement of body condition at the end of lactation
• Reduction of the weaning–estrus interval due to energy mobilization
• Improvement of colostrum quality, milk quality and quantity
• Reduction of gut pathogens in sows and/or piglets
• Modulation of litter immunity
• Enhancement of litter size
• Enhancement of growth rates of the piglets
• Reduction of clinical signs of diarrhea in piglets
• Delivery of probiotics to piglets
• Modulation of stress response


benefits of probiotic in nursery
• Modulation of piglet’s gut microbiota
• Protection against pathogenic bacteria, gastrointestinal disorders and diarrhea
• Enhancement of intestinal barrier function
• Modulation of immunity
• Improvement of digestibility, enhanced growth and feed conversion ratio
• Improvement of productive parameters in piglets
• Supplementation of targeted nutrients


: Practical Application Of Probiotics In Pig Production
benefits of probiotics to fattening pigs
• Improvement of meat quality
• Improvement of digestibility
• Reduction of contamination by decreasing fecal NH3- N
• Reduction of subclinical pathogenic infections or zoonoses
• Reduction of mortality
• Improvement of weight gain
• Improvement of gut health

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My probiotic saturated and multiplication water which i use to mix the feed of my pigs to have the probiotic advantage. it is part of what i teach in the profitable pig production masterclass in addition to many e-books on pig production.

With increasing numbers of piglets born, the energy requirements for milk production of prolific sows simultaneously increases. Feed intake during the lactation period is often not sufficient to fulfil all the requirements for the high milk production. As a consequence the sow will use her own body reserves which can lead to serious body condition losses during lactation. An important concern of this negative energy balance is the adverse effect on reproductive performance and productivity in the next cycle. Especially gilts, who have not reached their mature body weight yet, and lean dam lines are sensitive for detrimental body weight losses. As a result, sows are often culled before their third or fourth parity which is before the time at which the sow reached her maximum productivity and her replacement costs are covered.

Use of dietary probiotics could be part of the solution to improve sow longevity, from an economic, health and welfare point of view. Photo: Shutterstock
It is estimated that every kg body weight lost during lactation has to be compensated by an additional amount of 4kg feed in the next gestation period. Based on this estimation, a loss of body weight of 15kg requires an additional amount of 60kg gestation feed in the next cycle only for recovery. From a financial point of view and for better life time performance of the sow, it is clear that body weight losses during lactation should be limited as much as possible