AUSAID CARD Project 004/05 A BLUEPRINT FOR SUSTAINABLE SMALLHOLDER PIG PRODUCTION IN CENTRAL VIETNAM AUSTRALIAN TRAINING WORKSHOPS REPORT (6 Vietnamese Scientists June 6 th to July 21 st 2006) 2 SYDNEY UNIVERSITY PROPOSED TIMETABLE FOR 1-WK VIETNAMESE VISIT DAY ACTIVITY LEARNING OUTCOME Sun Arrive Sydney Tour Camden to get bearings. Shop for consumables. Mon. am Tour & overview of Usyd piggeries Mon. pm Introduction to herd recording (theory) Using KPIs for reproduction & growth to measure pig herd performance. Tues am. Herd recording systems (practical). Tues. pm Environment, husbandry & management-impact on health (theory). The ability to assess housing, husbandry and management practices on- farm Wed. am Environmental "audit" of Usyd piggeries (practical) Wed. pm Optimising facility throughput (theory) An ability to assess the effectiveness of facility utilisation on a pig farm (farm flow). Thurs. Throughput calculation of Usyd Farm (practical) 3 Breeding herd records Assessment Q1. Which of the following records are vital to assess the performance of the breeding herd? (select all that apply) number of sows mated each week number of sows that farrow each week the number of times each sow is tested for oestrus the number of sows that return to oestrus each week Q2. What other records (other than those in Q1) should be kept to assess the mating success? (list 2) 1 2 Q3. The average farrowing rate in a herd for the year is 70% a) Is this acceptable? Yes/No b) How would you decide if it is a conception failure problem or a pregnancy loss problem? Q4. The average parity of a herd is 5.5. a) what is likely to happen to totalborn as parity of the sow increases? it increases it decreases it stays the same b) what is likely to happen to stillbirths as parity of the sow increases? it increases it decreases it stays the same c) what is likely to happen to pre-weaning mortality as parity of the sow increases? 4 it increases it decreases it stays the same Q5. If a sow is weaned on a Thursday, when is she likely to come onto heat again? (select one answer) Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Training outcomes list of competencies assessed: Herd record keeping (Theory and practical) Mating and farrowing Liveborn/stillbirths/lyovers/preweaning mortality/postweaning mortality Number of pigs/sow/year Feed conversion ratio Farm flow and farm throughput within the farrowing cycle Introduction to herd health checks-assessing environment, housing, health and management All 6 students passed their theory and practical examination. 5 PIG HEALTH AND RESEARCH UNIT BENDIGO First week would be at Huntly Unit 6 farm of QAF (4000sows) or Castle bacon (2000 sows). Week 2 would be at farms varying from 100-1000 sows including some deep litter systems as well. The theory will address the relevant competency standards for certificates 2 & 3 in Agriculture, which we currently deliver to farm workers as an RTO. We will also be looking at the economics of pig production and examining farm data from all farms we visit to determine the economic benefit of improved performance. Day Theory Main practical activity Ancillary activity Sunday p.m. Performance targets. Reproduction targets and trouble shooting Mon am Hands on experience in mating shed detecting oestrus and conducting mating Mon p.m. Wander around the whole farm examining all sheds and performing autopsies on all dead pigs Tuesday am Hands on experience in mating shed detecting oestrus and conducting mating Wander around the whole farm examining all sheds and performing autopsies on all dead pigs Tuesday p.m. Farrowing house problems Wednesday am Hands on experience in farrowing house. Wander around the whole farm examining all sheds and performing autopsies on all dead pigs Wednesday p.m. Weaner requirements Thursday Hands on experience in weaner shed Wander around the whole farm examining all sheds and performing autopsies on all dead pigs Thursday pm Grower /finisher requirements Friday Hands on experience in grower finisher shed Wander around the whole farm examining all sheds and performing autopsies on all dead pigs Friday PM Whole of farm audit 6 Monday Discuss theory on trip to new farm Whole of farm audit performing autopsies on all dead pigs Monday pm Discussion on ways to improve farm Tuesday Discuss theory on trip to new farm Whole of farm audit performing autopsies on all dead pigs Tuesady pm Discussion on ways to improve farm Wednesday Discuss theory on trip to new farm Whole of farm audit performing autopsies on all dead pigs Wednesday pm Discussion on ways to improve farm Thursday Discuss theory on trip to new farm Whole of farm audit performing autopsies on all dead pigs Thursday pm Discussion on ways to improve farm Friday Visit to abattoir for PHMS Bring back specimens Core List of competencies (note: a hard copy of Pig Health and Research Unit training materials has been supplied) Whole farm audits (large and small) and farm improvement Care and nutrition of grower finisher pigs Using digital thermometers and data recorders for monitoring shed and animal temperature and heat index Performance targets Conducting post mortems and identifying characteristic gross anatomical lesions of common endemic diseases Correct techniques for collection of diagnostic specimens for laboratory investigation to support diagnosis Pig health monitoring of abattoir material (respiratory and enteric diseases) Vaccination schedules for breeding stock and grower pigs Correct administration of medications and approved treatment checklists for the farrowing house, weaner, grower and finisher sheds and breeding stock. All students passed their theory and practical component examinations. 7 APPROVED TREATMENT LIST FARM FARROWING HOUSE TREATMENT LIST FARM SOWS: Mastitis * Sulphonamide/Trimethoprim antibiotic once daily for 3 days * 0.5ml Oxytocin twice daily on the first day of treatment * If not feeding piglets, give anti-inflammatory (Fluximine) once daily (max 3 days) * Foster off small pigs and swap for large pigs Discharge * Antibiotic (SA Penicillin) once daily for 3 days ∗ If no response, use Sulphonamide/Trimethoprim once daily for 3 days ∗ 0.5ml Oxytocin twice daily on the first day of treatment ∗ Note this will be an extensive discharge Manuals * SA Penicillin injection once daily for 3 days (extensive) Off-feed * Does she have water? * Walk the sow * Does she have a fever? Give SA Penicillin once daily until eating * No fever? Give milk powder/jelly crystals in feed *Alert supervisor if she continues not to eat after 3 days Arthritis * SA Penicillin once daily until recovery (maximum 5 days) * Fluximine once daily until she is weight-bearing (max 3 days * Cull if no improvement after 5 days of stopping antibiotic treatment Prolapse * Mild-notify leading hand to suture using Lignocaine remove suture in 5 days * Treat with SA Penicillin once daily for 3 days * Notify manager to destroy ASAP if prolapse is severe 8 FARROWING HOUSE TREATMENT LIST PIGLETS: Arthritis * Short Acting Penicillin once daily for 3 days * Disinfectant spray (eg Trublu) the area Meningitis * Amoxycillin antibiotic (double dose 1ml/5kg) once daily for 3 days (Moxylan WHP = 14 days ) Or Treat with Long acting Amoxycillin once only * Treat with anti-inflammatory once daily until recovery (max 3 days) (Fluximine) Scours (E coli) * Give antibiotics for 3 days, based on Laboratory testing (Moxylan ,Scourban, Excenel etc) * Treat the rest of the litter with antibiotic if they look at-risk * Electrolytes in a trough, 2-3 times daily Scours (cocci) * To prevent outbreaks, give Baycox 1.5ml orally at 4 days of age Pale pigs * Give 1-2ml of iron (Ferriade) orally Greasy pig *Amoxycillin antibiotic once daily for 3 days, * Or Treat with Long acting Amoxycillin once only * Wash greasy pigs with iodine wash. Dry to prevent chilling * Fluximine once daily for three days if inflammation is severe Glassers disease • Amoxycillin LA and Fluximine once daily for three days • Penicillin LA at birth and 5 days of age until vaccinated pigfs come through 9 TREATMENT LIST FOR WEANERS Meningitis * Put pig in the sick bay, supply water by hand as often as possible (40 mL/kg/day) * Treat with Moxlan SA antibiotic ( 1ml/5kg) once daily for 3 days * Treat with anti-inflammatory (Flunixin) once daily until recovery (max 3 days) Arthritis * Put pigs that have difficulty walking in sick bay * Treat with SA Penicillin once a day for 3 days * Treat with Flunixin until weight-bearing (max 3 days) Scouring * Amoxycillin daily for 3 days. (Scouring should stop within 12 hrs, if not switch to Trisoprim) * Provide access to electrolytes/glucose (Bunge-lyte 32g/L) in a trough Coughing * Treat with long acting Amoxycillin injection once . Prolapses and /or Tail biting * Put pig in a sick bay * Treat with Moxylan LA once. * Spray the affected area with disinfectant (eg Trublu) * If severe prolapsed or pig fails to respond discuss with leading hand with a view to euthanasia Erysipelas * Isolate the pig (where possible) to avoid infecting pen mates. • Treat with long acting Amoxycillin and Flunixin once. Thin/ hairy pigs. • Place in recovery pens as soon as noticed to fall back • Give one injection of long acting Amoxycillin • Euthanase if no improvement after 7 days. Discuss with leading hand Q I3.2.1.2 10 TREATMENT LIST FOR GROWERS Meningitis * Put pig in the sick bay, supply water by hand as often as possible * Treat with Amoxycillin ( 1ml/5kg) once daily for 3 days • Treat with anti-inflammatory (Flunixin) once daily until recovery (max 3 days) • If no improvement in 3 days euthanase Arthritis * Put pigs that have difficulty walking in sick bay * Treat with SA Penicillin once a day for 3 days * Treat with Flunuxin until weight-bearing (max 3 days) * Spray any open wound the area with disinfectant (eg Trublu) Scouring * Contact vet to discuss the cause. • Commence treatment with Lincomycin injection daily for 3 days. • Treat these pens last and do not contaminate other pens Coughing * If pig looks ill treat with Lincomycin injection daily for 3 days • Contact vet to discuss cause Prolapses/ Tail biting * Put pig in a sick bay, euthanase if severe * Treat with SA Penicillin. * Spray the affected area with disinfectant (eg Trublu) * Cull ASAP if mild Erysipelas/ fever * Isolate the pig (where possible) to prevent infection of pen mates * If pig looks very ill give Flunixin injection to lower temperature • Treat with SA Penicillin injection once daily for 3 days Fever/ Skin discoloration * If pig looks very ill give Flunixin injection to lower temperature • Treat with SA Penicillin injection once daily for 3 days Thin/ hairy pigs. • Place in recovery pens as soon as noticed to fall back • Give one injection of long acting Amoxycillin • Euthanase if no improvement after 7 days. Discuss with leading hand Q I3.2.2 Q I3.2.3 [...]... housing; • Artificial insemination – theory and practice Other areas involved in the training program included: • Reproduction o managing gilts o problem solving reduced conception and farrowing rates • Food safety and hygiene – research and development • Waste management • Developing and managing biosystems • Australian Pork Industry Quality Assurance Program and Pig Welfare Program Monitoring pig health... Outline of training programme Pig Production in South Australia Health and production monitoring Visit to PPPI Piggery Health and production monitoring - farm visits Health monitoring at abattoir Examining specimens Health and production monitoring review Housing - monitoring and assessing hygiene, thermal environment, and air quality within houses and problem solving Housing - monitoring and assessing... in Hue in October while Dr Cargill was visiting All the trainees completed the tasks set down for them at the end of the program and are now undertaking on-farm herd health and building assessments on the selected project farms in Central Vietnam TRAINING OUTCOMES AND ABILITY OF TRAINEES TO CONDUCT TRAINING PROGRAMS IN VIETNAM All of the trainees have demonstrated that they now have the knowledge and... TREATMENT LIST FOR FINISHERS FARM Meningitis * * • • Put pig in the sick bay, supply water by hand as often as possible Treat with Amoxycillin ( 1ml/5kg) once daily for 3 days Treat with anti-inflammatory (Flunixin) once daily until recovery (max 3 days) If no improvement in 3 days euthanase Arthritis * * * Put pigs that have difficulty walking in sick bay Treat with SA Penicillin once a day for 3 days... pig health and production activities included: • Piggery visits to demonstrate to the trainees how Australian Veterinarians assess both individual pig health and herd health on the farm; • Subsequent farm visits when trainees were asked to asses the health of individual pigs and groups of pigs in one particular section of the farm, taking notes and giving a report at the end of the visit; • Abattoir visits... - both theory and practice Pope Trainers Wednesday Food safety and hygiene - research and development Pointon et al Thursday am Waste management Developing and managing Biosystems General Review APIQ and Welfare FAREWELL in the “Feed Lot” Glatz / Santhanam / Banhazi Friday Friday Evening Cargill / Moore / Pope / Banhazi / Murphy Everyone 17 18 SARDI HYGIENE AND AIR QUALITY INDEX (Assessing sheds to... complete a farm and shed audit for hygiene and thermal environment; 36 • their understanding and ability to successfully inseminate sows The trainees also adapted the farm audit protocol used by SARDI to assess sheds for hygiene and thermal environment for use in Vietnam They subsequently completed this adaptation by trialling it on Vietnamese farms and making necessary modifications This was completed... Artificial insemination activities included: • anatomical review of female urogenital tract; • review of heat detection; • collection, storage and transport of semen; • insemination of sows At the end of the training program trainees were assessed on the following: • their understanding and ability to complete herd health checks, both on farm and at the abattoir; • their understanding and ability to... 14 days Lincomycin Lincopharm 800 10mg/kg or 10 g/ 1000 kg of pigs 48 hours 15 Give in water for 2 days every 14 days to growers and Finishers for Ileitis control 16 Suggested itinerary for 6 visiting trainee scientists from Vietnam SARDI WEEK ONE Day Mon am Mon pm Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday WEEK TWO Day Monday Tuesday Theory and Practical Introduction to Roseworthy Campus and South Australia... Spray any open wound the area with disinfectant (eg Trublu) Scouring * • • Contact vet to discuss the cause Commence treatment with Lincomycin injection daily for 3 days Treat these pens last and do not contaminate other pens Coughing * • If pig looks ill treat with Lincomycin injection daily for 3 days Contact vet to discuss cause * * * * Put pig in a sick bay, euthanase if severe Treat with SA Penicillin . AUSAID CARD Project 004/05 A BLUEPRINT FOR SUSTAINABLE SMALLHOLDER PIG PRODUCTION IN CENTRAL VIETNAM AUSTRALIAN TRAINING WORKSHOPS REPORT (6 Vietnamese Scientists June. Tuesday am Hands on experience in mating shed detecting oestrus and conducting mating Wander around the whole farm examining all sheds and performing autopsies on all dead pigs Tuesday p.m and Practical Trainers Mon am Introduction to Roseworthy Campus and South Australia Cargill / Murphy Mon pm Outline of training programme Pig Production in South Australia Health and production