The intelligent farrowing pen Dead piglets - Piglets like these, collected after one farrowing, are the main reasons for us doing this experiment on effects of the thermal environment on early piglet vitality. A relative high early mortality is a problem across many types of housing systems. The majority of piglets die witin the first two/three days, and the main reasons are… Lene Juul Pedersen Erik Jørgensen Jens Malmkvist Danish Institute of Agricultural Science Danmarks JordbrugsForskning

The intelligent farrowing pen Dead piglets - Piglets like these, collected after one farrowing, are the main reasons for us doing this experiment on effects of the thermal environment on early piglet vitality. A relative high early mortality is a problem across many types of housing systems. The majority of piglets die witin the first two/three days, and the main reasons are…

The intelligent farrowing pen Why 10-30% of piglets die within three days after farrowing Dead piglets - Piglets like these, collected after one farrowing, are the main reasons for us doing this experiment on effects of the thermal environment on early piglet vitality. A relative high early mortality is a problem across many types of housing systems. The majority of piglets die witin the first two/three days, and the main reasons are…

The intelligent farrowing pen Why 10-30% of piglets die within three days after farrowing Mission Reduce the early mortality: at least 1 piglet per litter Typical Danish herd: + 500.000 kr. per year Dead piglets - Piglets like these, collected after one farrowing, are the main reasons for us doing this experiment on effects of the thermal environment on early piglet vitality. A relative high early mortality is a problem across many types of housing systems. The majority of piglets die witin the first two/three days, and the main reasons are…

The intelligent farrowing pen What Develop a commercial farrowing pen with ¤ Birth detection, alarm in case of problem ¤ Dynamic control in critical periods, based on animal need ¤ Integrated pen design with feed-back ¤ Automated system: optimized management with less manpower Therefore we investigated if floor heating are able to increase the early vitality of piglets.

The intelligent farrowing pen Who Researchers and business partners with essential biological and technical expertise Regardining behaviour, we focused on the latency to obtain first suckling, since the early suckling is important, so that the piglet receive heat, energy and early colostrum.

The intelligent farrowing pen Who Researchers and business partners with essential biological and technical expertise Process 2006- Phase 1: Network with partners Phase 2: Applications for developmental ressources Phase 3: Development Phase 4: Commercialization Regardining behaviour, we focused on the latency to obtain first suckling, since the early suckling is important, so that the piglet receive heat, energy and early colostrum.

The intelligent farrowing pen Before farrowing Low activity

The intelligent farrowing pen Pre farrowing -10h Nest building

The intelligent farrowing pen Delivery

The intelligent farrowing pen Alarm Farrowing start Birth of individual piglets counting piglets birth problems piglets in wrong place nest building behavioural shifts activity Regardining behaviour, we focused on the latency to obtain first suckling, since the early suckling is important, so that the piglet receive heat, energy and early colostrum. Pen floor heating on Piglets close to sow Piglets use creep

The intelligent farrowing pen Vision based surveillance and detection Alarm Farrowing start Birth of individual piglets counting piglets birth problems piglets in wrong place nest building behaviuoral shifts activity Regardining behaviour, we focused on the latency to obtain first suckling, since the early suckling is important, so that the piglet receive heat, energy and early colostrum. Pen floor heating on control Piglets close to sow Piglets use creep

The intelligent farrowing pen Fremtidens Intelligente Faresti

Overvågning, alarm og varmestyring i fremtidens faresti Visions baseret overvågning og detektion Alarm ved problem Farings start Fødsel af enkelte grise tælle grise fødselsproblemer gris i problemer pga afkøling, forkert placering so med feber, skuldersår, behov for fødselshjælp redebygning adfærdsskift aktivitet Regardining behaviour, we focused on the latency to obtain first suckling, since the early suckling is important, so that the piglet receive heat, energy and early colostrum. Varme tændt i stiens gulv styring Grise tæt på so Grise bruger hule Kritisk periode for pattegrises overlevelse Periode med forhøjet sygdoms- og døds-risiko for so