CANADA – The Innovative Projects and Swine Products Manager with Canarm Ag Systems says, as the transition to group housing of sows accelerates in North America, so is the level of interest in precision feeding of sows, writes Bruce Cochrane.Canada’s revised Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs mandates the conversion of sow housing to some form of group housing or loose housing by 2024.Canarm Ag Systems Innovative Projects and Swine Products Manager Curtis Littlejohn says, if we can adapt feed to match the sow’s needs through gestation and lactation, we can improve her productivity, her health and longevity and at the same time benefit the environment by reducing the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus that the sow produces that gets used as ertilizer on the ground.
布鲁斯·科克伦(Bruce Cochrane)写道,据Canarm农业系统的创新项目与生猪产品的经理称,由于加快了北美母猪群居的过渡期,母猪精细养殖的兴趣程度也在提高。加拿大重新修订了生猪饲养操作的经营守则,要求母猪住房在2024年转型成为群养或散养的形式。Canarm农业系统的创新项目与生猪产品的经理柯蒂斯·利特尔约翰(Curtis Littlejohn)说:“如果我们能够调整饲料,满足妊娠期与哺乳期的母猪需求,我们就能提高它的生产能力、健康度以及寿命,与此同时减少母猪产生的氮元素和磷元素含量,使环境受益。母猪产生的氮元素和磷元素被用作土地的肥料。”