Animal care and health is a priority on a hog farm. To keep pigs healthy, farmers provide:
• Balanced diet for the pigs
• Access to fresh water
• Proper vaccinations
• Clean barns
• Biosecurity practices to keep pigs healthy
• Veterinarian care and medicines when pigs are sick or injured. Pig farming is a 24 / 7 / 365 day a year job. This care is shared by everyone involved on the farm. This means the owners, the farm managers, the animal caretakers, the veterinarians and transporters.
In 1959 it took 10 pigs to produce 1,000 pounds of pork. Today, it only takes 5 pigs to produce 1,000 pounds of pork, so farmers are using less land and water to produce more pork. This is due to selective breeding for better hogs, better nutrition, improved barns and better biosecurity.
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Veterinarian washing her hands before she treats a hog.
Misters spray water to help keep hogs cool on hot days.
Caring for Swine
Clean coveralls and sanitizing boots is part of biosecurity.
Biosecurity is putting practices into place that prevent the spread of diseases.
Large fans are used to cool the barns.
Hogs can drink fresh water anytime from a water nipple.
Heat lamps help keep piglets warm.
Bins outside the hog barns hold feed for the hogs.
Feed is being pumped into feeders in the barn.
Barns are power washed and cleaned before hogs move in.
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