How to train boars? On-farm boar manual

30-10-2019 | | |
A Duroc boar at work. Photo: DanBred
A Duroc boar at work. Photo: DanBred
Danish pig breeding company DanBred recently published a new manual on how to make a success of having their Duroc boars on-farm. Here in Pig Progress an introduction to one of the chapters: how to train boars? The young boars need to be trained in mounting the dummy for semen collection. Before training, all boars will have been placed in separate pens for a minimum of 14 days. Training each boar should begin when they reach maturity. If training is in keeping with their natural sexual instinc


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