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Direct contact with the boar is recommended for gilts. Doing so increases the proportion of gilts coming into oestrus in the first 3 weeks of boar exposure.

Tips to stimulate gilts and sows coming into heat

In a series of articles, swine reproduction and insemination specialist, Javier Gil Pascual, addresses the key aspects of oestrus stimulation and detection, and insemination.

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It is imperative to heat detect with the male in front of the sows. The farm worker must play an active role in heat detection; touching, pressing on the sows without scaring them.

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Tips for heat detection

In the first part of this article series we addressed how to correctly stimulate oestrus. In this article we continue talking with swine reproduction specialist, Javier Gil Pascual, focusing on heat detection.

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