FarroWin®,
the APP for pig farmers designed to organize farrowing assistance.
Reduce stillbirth in your farm
Calculate
A Bayesian network model was designed and is continuously updated with field data.
Identify
FarroWin® provides for each sow a stillborn rate predicted by the model to identify sows with the higher risk of stillbirth.
Monitor
At-risk sows could be managed with proper procedures in order to reduce stillbirth.
Stillbirth, a multifactorial concern
Stillborn piglets are a major factor of total mortality prior to weaning and continue to rise with the increase of prolificacy. Many factors influence stillbirth:
- Non-infectious factors including farrowing characteristics such as litter size, placental weight, location of the fœtus in the uterus, farrowing duration, birth interval, stress and human assistance during farrowing.
- Other non infectious factors related to the sow such as genetic line, parity rank, nutritional deficiencies, body condition. Housing conditions and piglet related factors may be considered (birth weight, gender, vitality).
- Infectious factors are key in case of stillbirth (porcine circovirus type 2, PRRSV and swine influenza among others) and must be managed before the use of the application.
The app to identifiy sows at risk of stillbirth
FarroWin® is a decision-making application. Before implementing specific procedures for sows in order to reduce stillbirth, breeders need to check whether the sow is at risk or not of stillbirth, and thus, avoid unnecessary collective procedures and treatments.
Farrowin® app is available for free from Rezoolution Pig Consulting Services to predict stillborn rate for a sow from her parity, her production performance at the previous farrowing (total born, stillborn) and her backfat thickness prior to farrow.
The advantage of the app is to consider only data easily collected on farm. The farmer is guided step by step through the data entry process. The app then produces a summary document with a reminder of the predicted stillbirth rate per sow and per batch. Once identified, management and monitoring measures can be prioritized for these sows, with the aim of reducing stillbirth and improving welfare.
Control measures and risk reduction of stillbirths
Stillbirth reduction by the implementation of procedures before and during farrowing need an intensive human presence. First, to enhance housing conditions (temperature, enrichments) and to avoid stressful situations. And, to monitor properly at risk sows during farrowing.
Some preventive measures are listed below but must be discussed with veterinarians and technicians involved in the continuous management of each herd.
- Target sows with a correct body condition score or backfat thickness, not too fat and not too thin.
- Discuss farrowing supervision and intervention with your veterinarian (farrowing induction, obstetrical assistance, adequate care for the sow…).
- Prevent constipation, avoid anaemia and fever around farrowing.
- Moreover, human presence help to provide adequate care for piglets in the first hours of life, which could improve mortality rate at birth.
An easy-to-use application
Intuituve
The user is guided step-by-step through data entry.
Free
Once your account has been validated, the application is totally free of charge.
Useful
Once the data has been recorded, a summary document is printed, ranking the sows according to their level of risk of stillbirth.
News
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Farrowin® presented during the 56th Swine Research Days in Saint-Malo (France)
FarroWin® presented its innovative app at the 56th Pig Research Day, held in Saint-Malo.
Farrowin® presented during the 74th EAAP Congress in Lyon (France)
FarroWin® participated in the 2023 EAAP (European Association for Animal Production) Congress, held in Lyon.