MEDICINE CONTROL

• Use and abuse of medicines ^1/2 day course or 2 evenings

UNDERSTANDING FARROWING RATES

• Oestrus

• Anatomy

• Breeding 1 day course or 4 evenings

• Pregnancy

• Diseases

UNDERSTANDING PRE-WEANING MORTALITY

• Causes of pre-weaning mortality

• Farrowing room layout

• Farrowing routines 1 day course or 4 evenings

• Nutrition of the sow and piglet

• Treatment and prevention of piglet diseases

UNDERSTANDING POST-WEANING MORTALITY

• Causes of post-weaning mortality

• Nutrition of the growing/finishing pig

• Basic requirements of the growing pig

• Marketing the growing pig 1 day course or 4 evenings

• Treatment and prevention of disease

• Use of growth curves and performance targets

MAN MANAGEMENT - Getting the most out of your staff

• A good stockperson can be a good manager

• Self awareness ^3/4 day course or 3 evenings

• Confidence building

THE BASICS

A 2 two week course. A maximum of 4 students

Training is basic aspects of pig keeping:-

• Farrowing house

• Service house

• Dry sow house

• Weaner Management This course is on a farm

• Recognition of healthy/sick pigs

• Grow/finish management

- This can be upgraded to more advanced courses as an individual module which takes one week.

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION

(a) Insemination techniques

(b) Processing of semen

(c) Collection of semen

Either three ^1/2 days or 1 full day - all three sections above.

UNIT SECURITY

• How diseases spread

• Basic unit security 1 day course or 4 evenings.

• Auditing the system

• Recognition of major diseases of the pig