4/11/2016
What is Your Daily Hog Chore Routine?
Dr Mike Brumm
Brumm Swine Consultancy, Inc
North Mankato, MN
[email protected]
Foam Coming Through Slats 4 feet of foam
Slide courtesy Dr Larry Jacobson, U of MN
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Slide courtesy David Schmidt, U of MN
May 11, 2015
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Safety in Power Washing a Foaming Pit
– Make sure everyone is aware that breaking foam releases methane and may be dangerous in confined spaces
Safety in Power Washing a Foaming Pit
• Prior to anyone entering the building
– Turn off gas line OUTSIDE of the building
– Shut off electric to feed lines
– Run Stage 2 or higher ventilation for at least 30 minutes
• Knock down the foam with water
– NO furnaces operating
– Stage 2 or higher ventilation operating
• To relight furnaces
– Wait for 30 minutes of Stage 2 or higher ventilation after knock‐down
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Safety When Pumping a Foaming Pit
• Prior to any pumping
– Turn off gas line OUTSIDE of the building
• Spark ignition furnaces – turn off power
– Shut off electric to room (other than fans) if possible
– Run Stage 2 or higher ventilation for at least 30 minutes
• ALWAYS operate ventilation system for dilution of methane Where have
they been?
Mark Storlie, Iowa State University
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What have you done to keep disease out?
Establish ‘CLEAN’ and ‘DIRTY’ Points
NO street shoes in CLEAN areas!
NO street shoes in hog barns!
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‘Chores’ Include
• Animal Care
• Facility Care
My daily List
• Pig Comfort
– Temperature
– Inlets
– Fans
– Heaters
• Pig Health
• Feed
• Water
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How much feed goes thru a feeder per year? $US225/t
• 2.7 turns/yr
• 230 lb gain/pig (55 in wt; 285 out wt)
• 33 pigs/pen and 2 pens/feeder (50’ wide)
@ 2.80 f/g
57.4 t $12,915
@ 2.77 f/g
56.8 t $12,780
• 26 pigs/pen and 2 pens/feeder (40’ wide)
@ 2.80 f/g
45.2 t $10,170
@ 2.77 f/g
44.7 t $10,057
• 125 pigs/pen and 1 pen per feeder
@ 2.80 f/g
108.6 t $24,435
@ 2.77 f/g
103.5 t $23,288
$135/yr
$113/yr
$1,147/yr
Adjust Feeders
May 16, 2007
Jan 30, 2008
May 30, 2007
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• Water
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2 Issues of Concern with Water
1) Daily water needs – total usage University of Nebraska grow‐finish
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Nipples
Cups 1.5 gal/pig/day
1+ gal/pig/day
University of Nebraska Wean‐Finish (Bowls)
0.92 gal/pig/day
Industry Experience
0.7‐0.8 gal/pig/d
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15 drips/10 sec = 20 ml/min
20 ml/min = 7.6 gal/d
2 Issues of Concern with Water
1) Daily water needs – total usage per day
2) Instantaneous Delivery Rate
– Can we meet the need at the moment?
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2.5 gal/min
5.5 gal/min
7.0 gal/min
½” washing machine hose
2400 pigs drinking
1.4 gal/min at pinch point
Jan 15, 2015
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http://Porkcentral.unl.edu
Sick pens
Intensive Care Pen (Sick Pen)
Hospital Pen (Graduate Pen)
• What have you done to make this the best pen in the barn?
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Is your sick pen a dust collector?
Is your sick pen a dust collector?
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Or – does your sick pen have an improved environment?
Sick – Graduate Pens
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Big picture causes of death
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Respiratory
Intestinal
Ulcer
Suis (Fibrin around heart and lungs)
Limbs
Dead Pig Removal
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Dead Pig Removal
Dead pig removal
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Dead Game Slide
Cabelas
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Chores include correct dead pig disposal
Chores include correct dead pig disposal
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Chores include correct dead pig disposal
Chores include correct dead pig disposal
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Chores include correct dead pig disposal
Look at your inlets daily
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Look at your inlets daily
Goal: 800 to 1000 fpm
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The ‘Forehead’ Rule
Inlet
14‐15 ft
Correct Inlet Setting with 8 ft Ceiling
Wet Pens at placement?
Not enough inlet velocity!
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Shutters Are Inlets when Shut
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Will the ceiling inlets ever work right?
All inlets are equal
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All inlets are equal
Inlet mistakes
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Inlet Mistakes
‘Good enough’ … never is!
Author unknown
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What is Your Daily Hog Chore Routine?
Dr Mike Brumm
Brumm Swine Consultancy, Inc
North Mankato, MN
[email protected]
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