Breeding Operation Sop

ABC FARMS

BREEDING OPERATION SOP

BREEDING OPERATION MANAGER: Joe Farmer

Version 1.0, Nov. 10, 2004

SOW/GILT FEEDING

Feed sows/gilts in breeding crates one scoop daily
Feed sows/gilts in pens daily 2 sows per bucket. Use smaller bucket May-Oct, use larger bucket Nov-April
Be sure to scatter feed as much as possible, this will help all sows to get their share of feed
While feeding sows/gilts look for sows not eating. Check them to see if they are sick or lame. Turn their breeding card and make a note on card to give them 10 cc of lincomix 300 for lameness or 10 cc penicillin for sickness. Give them this daily for 3 days.
All sharps (needles, scalpels) should be put in Animal Sharps container.
Thin or abused sows should be noted and moved to breeding crates
Be careful not to spill feed in aisle, clean up daily any feed spilled inside or outside building.
Check feed tanks for feed level in tank after feeding each day Monday -Thursday only. Report these levels to person in charge of feed orders.
Feed tanks should be allowed to get empty every 4-5 weeks in May-Sept and every 6-8 weeks in Oct-April. When they are empty clean them out from bottom of feed tank. This will help keep feed from getting old or spoiled.

BREEDING SOWS

Check open gilts for standing heat with a boar. Move gilts in heat to a breeding crate
Breed sows/gilts daily. Breed only sows/gilts in standing heat (body rigid, ears erect or slightly moving). Breed them 2 times, once each day. Mark each sow bred. Tag gilts when they are bred.
Insert insemination tubes into sow gently and slowly. Use AI gel on end of insemination tubes when breeding gilts.
Keep boar in front of sows/gilts while breeding
Use body and hand contact with sow while breeding to help semen intake
Breed sows in early morning. The earlier the better in June-September.
Be sanitary! Don’t let tubes touch any surface. Wipe each sows vulva with a clean paper towel
Look for sows with a discharge while breeding. Note these sows and give 10 cc Penicillin per day for 2 days.
After breeding sows/gilts in crates, walk a boar through the pens of 2 groups of sows that are possibly recycling. Example: if you’re breeding group 5, check groups 2 and 3. Any recycles should be moved to breeding crate and bred.
While walking the boar turn on flush water to old boar pens. Turn off after walking boar.
50 open gilts should be ordered each month
Open gilts should be vaccinated with flu and PLE on the week that they are delivered and 2 weeks later. They should be wormed 2 weeks after delivery.
On Wednesday each week, vaccinate for E. coli 2 groups of sows/gilts – one group ready to farrow in two weeks and one group ready to farrow in four weeks.

CLEANING

Gestation aisle should be cleaned daily.
Breeding aisles should be cleaned Tuesday and Friday
Office should be cleaned once per week on Tuesday or Wednesday
Open gilt pens should be cleaned between each new group delivered.
Daily pick up anything inside or outside the building that is trash.
On Friday all sows weaned that week should be sprayed with Prolate. Wear respirator, gloves, and face shield while spraying.

MAINTENANCE

Electrical outlets, switches and boxes should be swept off once per week on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Leaking nipple waterers need to be replaced immediately.
When temperatures are above 80 degrees all fans and misters should be working. Check daily. If any are not working they must to be fixed same day.
Feed tanks and curtain controls should be greased on 1st day of each month.
Put out rat/mice bait whenever they are seen.
Insecticide should be sprayed weekly on aisles, tops of block walls, and office on Tuesday or Wednesday.

11/2/2004