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Select4Milk

Authority

Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz

Federal State

Lower Saxony and Bremen

Contact

Calenberger Straße 2
30169 Hannover

Website: External link to the authority

Project Title

Select4Milk

Project description

The project aims to optimise the nutritional situation for suckling pigs. In addition to an extended data acquisition regarding performance parameters of sows and piglets, the teats of lactating sows are photographed with a thermal imaging camera. These data are analysed and compared with the performance data. All data will be integrated into the sow planner and the selection criteria "milk yield and longevity" will be developed as a decision aid for the livestock farmer.

Results focusing on practiceorientation

The Select4Milk project successfully collected thermographic images of the udder ridge, health data from clinical examination, and performance and production parameters in sow herds. Overall, it was shown that thermography of the teat line at the time of birth contains information that can help to identify sick animals whose illness has a negative impact on their piglets. 
The Milk Score (MS) was developed as a novel score to evaluate the rearing performance of lactating sows. For this purpose, a linear regression model was developed to increase the practicality of the MS for use in practical farming. In the long term, the use of the Milk Score 
can increase the longevity of the sows and the litter quality of the herd. The Milk Score as well as the other animal health traits newly included in the project can be used by farmers in the db Planner. Overall, it provides an animal welfare-based performance score that farmers can use... (see final report).

Key words

  • Animal husbandry
  • animal welfare
  • Digitalisation, incl. data and data technologies

Main funding source

Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013)

OG contact information

EVH Select GmbH
An der Feuerwache 14
49716 Meppen

Phone: 05962/934616

Email: deermann@porcussanus.de

Type of OG partners

  • Farmer
  • Advisor
  • Researcher
  • Industry

Begin of project

2019

Project status

completed

Total budget applied for in EUR

484,154

Link 1

project website of EIP Lower Saxony

NUTS3 CODE

DE949

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