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VIDO Swine Technical Group Tips & Publications

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Barn Design
Disease Control
Cleaning and Tidiness
Feeding and Watering
Moving Pigs
Safety and Convenience
Miscellaneous

Considerations for Large Group Housing

Vaccination Guidelines For Swine
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Translation provided courtesy of Louis Blais,
Schering-Plough Animal Health.

Tips and publications are available for reprint with acknowledgment of source.

The five publications below are available for $10.00 each. The complete series, including a custom binder, is available for $40.00.

  • Swine Nursery Design and Management
  • Farrowing Barn Design and Management
  • Dry Sow Barn Design and Management
  • Feeder Barn Design and Management
  • Depopulating and Repopulating a Swine Herd

Barn Design

New Styles for the Hog Barn
Sewer Line Venting Maintenance

Disease control

Basket for Split Suckling
Pressure Washer Calibration
Relieving Pig Boredom
Home Made Rodent Bait Holders

Cleaning and Tidiness

Collapsible Desktop for Barn Hallways
Spike your Used Bags and Keep your Feed Room Clean
Trees Provide Cooling and Improve the Appearance of Swine Barns

Feeding and Watering

Avoiding Feed Separation While Blowing to Bins
Iron Oxide as a Feed Colorant
Right-Sized Water Lines for the Hog Barn
Lactation Feed Intake Charts

Moving Pigs

Light up your Stock Trailer
Lobster Trap Gate Makes Solo Moving of Sows Easy
Positive Pressure Loading Areas
Weanling Chute
Wheeled Gates Mean Easier Loading
Curved Loading Chute
Hog Hearse

Safety and Convenience

Hog Barn Communication
Sirens
Two-way Radios Save Time and Money
Protective Items
Survey Tape and Pen Numbering

Miscellaneous

Save Time Adjusting Pen Heat Lamps
Tool Savers