1. FARM MANAGEMENT IN
UKRAINE. REAL EXAMPLE.
30th of March, 2016
Viktoriia Pylypets-Romaniuk
Main Technologist
SERVOLUX GENETICS LLC (Hypor Ukraine)

2. Pig production and automobile manufacture – what
are the similarities?

3. In both cases the conveyer and time
management
Insemination
and Gestation
Farrowing Nursery
Growing and
finishing

4. Production management.
Where to start?

5. Start of production management
1.What cycle of production do you use?(weekly, two-
weekly, three -weekly …)
2.Department by department
3.Process distribution corresponding with the
departmental system
4.Determining the number of workers in each department
and the work time distribution

6. Farm characteristics
1. 1st farm -540 sows, pig breeding farm; 2nd farm – 350
sows, 25-kg finishers producing
2.Total number of pigs - 8000
3.3 breed-lines (Large white, Landrace, Pietrain),
4 breeding products
4.Weekly management system

7. Servolux Genetics LLC- the main
departments:
1.Boar stud
2.AI laboratory
3.Insemination
4.Gestation
5.Farrowing
6.Nursery
7.Testing
8.Sales

8. The Farm Layout by Department
and Support Functions
Office
AI StudInsemination
and Gestation
Farrowing
Nursery
Testing
Testing
Diseased Animal
Slaughterhouse
Storage and
Fumigation
Diesel Generator

9. Communal Room for Training, Planning
and Eating Together

10. Weekly production system – the main processes
Process Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Primary
Farrowing Days
Treatment
Cleaning and
disinfection
Nursery
Weaning
Cleaning and
disinfection
Farrowing
Primary
Insemination
Days
Cleaning and
disinfection
Testing
Animal
Movement Days
Start point

11. Employment scheduling 560 sows farm
Dept. Position Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
AiStud,
Insemination
andGestation
Laboratory
assistant В В
Technician
В В
Technician
В В
Farrowingand
Nursery
Manager
В В
Technician
В В
Technician
В В
Testing
Veterinary
В В
Farm
manager В В
Technician
В В
Number of workers 6 8 6 7 6 6 6

12. Total number of workers
Department Position Number Total
Security Watchman 3 3
Engineering department Chief Engineer 1 5
Chief Electrician 1
Truck Driver 1
Fitter 2
Kitchen Cook 1 + 0.5 2
Clean Manager 0.5
Farm Main Technologist 1 11
DVM 1
Farm Manager 1
Veterinary Assistant 1
Technicians 5
Department Managers 2

13. Employment scheduling 350 sows farm
Workers Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Р1
В В
Р2
В В
Р3
Р4
В В
Total: 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
Insemination and Gestation
Farrowing and Nursery
В Day off

14. Work schedule
AI Stud Management

15. AI Stud Equipment

16. Sperm Collection - Manual

17. AI Laboratory with Two Zones
1 Zone(Cleaning
area, change
clothes)
2 Zone – area
for working
with sperm

18. AI Stud Work Schedule
8.00-8.10 –switch on water bath, take necessary samples,
prepare to check sperm quality
8.10 – 8.30 – feed boars, clean pens, boar health controls,
treatment if required, clean passages
8.30-8.45 – check sperm quality, take necessary tubes with
sperm (boar control Tattoo ID), apply diluent levels
8.45-10.00 – oestrus check in sows, breeding gilts and sows,
check for returns, oestrus check in gilts in group pens
10.00-10.30 – meeting + breakfast
10.30 -12.00 –laboratory routines with sperm
12.00-13.00 – lunch

19. AI Stud work schedule
13.00-15.00 - working in insemination/gestation – clean
troughs, treatment if required, relevant day’s schedule
15.00-15.30 – feed boars, clean pens, boar health controls,
treatment if required, clean passages
15.30-15.45 – clean laboratory, switch off relevant equipment
except climate-box, feed boars, clean pens, boar health
controls, treatment if required, clean passages
15.45-16.50 - oestrus check in gilts in group pens, oestrus
checking in sows, breeding sows and gilts, check returns
16.50-17.00 – return and check tool inventory, record data for
the day, switch off stud lighting

20. Insemination and Gestation
Management
Work schedule

21. Insemination and Gestation Work Schedule
8.00-8.45– manually feed weaned sows with lactation feed
(flushing), automatically feed gestating sows, health control,
clean passages
8.45-10.00 – oestrus check in sows, breeding gilts and sows,
checking returns, check oestrus in gilts in group pens
10.00-10.30 – meeting+ breakfast
10.30 -12.00 – sperm collection
12.00-13.00 – lunch

22. Insemination and Gestation Work Schedule
13.00-15.00 - Clean troughs, Treatment, Relevant day’s schedule
 Monday – additional sperm collection, train novice boars
 Tuesday- prepare pens for inseminated sows and gilts
 Wednesday – move sows after breeding, prepare pens for weaned
sows (wet and dry cleaning, using “sodust”)
 Thursday – prepare gestation pens
 Friday – wash sows and move to farrowing pens
 Saturday – measure US-scan and back-fat
 Sunday – move sows to gestation pens

23. Insemination and Gestation Work Schedule
15.00-15.45 - manually feed weaned sows with lactation feed
(flushing), automatically feed others sows, health control,
clean passages
15.45-16.55 - oestrus check in sows, breeding gilts and sows,
checking returns, check oestrus in gilts in group pens
16.55-17.00 – return and check tool inventory, record data for
the day, switch off gestation area lighting

24. AI stud, Insemination and Gestation
Schedule scheme
Time Operations Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
8.00-8.45 Sows: feeding, cleaning. Boars:
feeding, check sperm quality
1 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 3
8.45-10.00 Heat checking, insemination 1 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 3
10.00-10.30 Meeting 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 3
10.30-12.00 Sperm: collection and dilution.
Additional work
1 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 3
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-15.00 Cleaning troughs, health control
and additional work
1 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 3
15.00-15.45 Sows: feeding, cleaning. Boars:
feeding, check sperm quality
1 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 3
15.45-17.00 Heat checking, insemination 1 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 3

25. Scheme of Teaser Boars Moving in
Insemination Area
Pens for
insemination
weaned sows
and gilts
Pens for
inseminated
sows to day 32
of gestation
Pens for gilts
Pens for
Teaser boars
Doors for boars
Teaser boars moved
in the morning
Teaser boars moved
in the evening
Годівля
лактуючим
к/к вручну
Manual
feeding with
lactation
feed

26. Sows Feeding Management
1. Manual (flushing) – gilts before breeding,
and weaned sows
2. Automatically from insemination to day
32 of pregnancy– 2.5-2.6 kg per day
3. Automatically in gestation– pregnant
sows to day 84 lay of gestation– 2.2 kg
(according to back-fat level at day 32 of
pregnancy), post day 84 – 3.2 kg per day

27. Insemination Department - Gilts

28. Insemination Department – Heat Checking

29. Insemination Department – Breeding Sows

30. Heat checking with 2 or 3 teaser boars
Time Management

31. Dot, Stripe and Cross system (DSC), time
between inseminations 17/24 hrs

32. Color Code System

33. Color Code System
different colors for each breed

34. Insemination Department – Color Code System

35. Farrowing and Nursery
Department
Work schedule

36. Farrowing and nursery work schedule version 1
• 8.00-8.45 – Р1 heath check newly entered sows, monitor and assist in
parturition, manage sow treatment (antibiotics, oxytocin, farrowing
induction…)
• Р2 – feed sows and piglets , check feed intake, sows and piglets behavior
• 8.45-9.30 –Р1 – check piglets for any treatment required, clean troughs
• Р2 – feed nursery,
• 9.00-11.00 - work according to day of week schedule
 Monday –– treatment day 4, weighing and numbering, grinding teeth
 Tuesday- weighing and moving piglets from nursery to testing
 Wednesday – treatment day 4, weighing and numbering piglets, grinding
teeth
 Thursday – weaning and weighing piglets, sort weaned piglets
 Friday – weighing and numbering piglets, grinding teeth, prepare
cleaned and disinfected farrowing room
 Saturday – weighing and numbering piglets, grinding teeth
 Sunday – weighing and numbering piglets, grinding teeth

37. Farrowing and nursery work schedule version 1
• 11.00-11.20 – clean troughs, fill dispensers
• 11.20-12.00 – feed sows and piglets, health and feed intake check
• 12.00-13.00 –lunch
• 13.00-13.20 - clean troughs, fill dispensers
• 13.20 – 15.30 – Р1 – fostering and treat piglets,
• Р2 – treat piglets in the nursery, check control of feeders and drinkers
• Wednesday – select sows for weaning, additional tattooing, prepare room in the
nursery for weaned piglets
• Thursday - 13.00-17.00 - Р3 – tattooing
• Friday – castrated boars culled after tattooing
• 15.30-16.20 – feed sows and piglets
• 16.10-16.30 – clean troughs, set dispenser levels to next day’s settings
• 16.30-16.50 - remove manure, switch on heat lamps for sows that are due
and/or show signs of impending farrowing
• 16.50-17.00 – return tools to their places, record the day’s data, switch off the
light in nursery and farrowing

38. Farrowing and nursery work schedule version 1
time operations Monday Tuesday Wednes
day
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
6.00-6.15
6.15-7.00
7.00-.8.00
8.00-9.00
Help during delivery, oxy, ab
Sows feeding
Sows treatment + electrolytes
Nursery feeding
1 2 2 1
3
1 1 1
9.00-10.00 Clean troughs, treat piglets and other
work
1 2 2 1 3 1 1 1
10.00-10.30 Meeting//Numbering 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 2
10.30-11.30 Treatment day 4 or Numbering 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 2
11.30-12.00 Feed sows 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 2
12.00-13.00 Lunch/ help during delivery 1 3 3 3
13.00-15.00 Treat pigs in nursery//Clean troughs,
treat piglets
1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 1 3 1 3 1 2
15.00-16.00 Feed nursery, switch off nursery light 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2
16.00-17.00 Numbering, fostering 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2
17.00-17.30 Dinner 2 3 3 2 3 3 2
17.30-18.15
18.15-19.00
Feed sows
Clean troughs
2 3 3 2 3 3 2
19.00-20.00 Help during delivery 3 3

39. Sows feed management

40. Data record
Sows card Litter card

41. Data record on the floor

42. Tattooing

43. Feed management in the nursery

44. Treatment data record in the nursery

45. Testing Department
Work schedule

46. Testing work schedule
8.00-9.00– Р1 – manually feed boars that are in training,
clean pens, Р2- automatically feed other pigs,
9.00-11.00 - Р2 - treatment
Monday–– Р1 – prepare room for piglets from nursery
Tuesday -Р1+Р3 – move piglets from nursery to testing
Wednesday – Р1 – training boars
Thursday – Р1 cleaning
Friday – Р1 + Р2 – prepare room for cleaning and
washing
Saturday – Р1 – washing room
Sunday – Р1 – wash passages and disinfect room(s)

47. Testing work schedule
11.00-12.00– Р2 –treatment, Р1 – sales, sperm collection from young boars
12.00-13.00 - lunch
13.00-14.30 – Р2 – treatment
13.00-16.30 - Р1:
 Monday – collect sperm from young boars, gilts and boars selection, sales
 Tuesday -Р1+Р3 – testing(weighing + back-fat measuring)
 Wednesday – sales, cleaning
 Thursday– vaccination
 Friday– sales
 Saturday – Р1 – wash room(s)
 Sunday – Р1 – wash passages and loading ramp
16.30-17.00 – data record, check dead animals, switch off light

48. Testing department – tool storage

49. Back-fat level measuring

50. C-line gilts on test

51. H16 gilts on test

52. Management of pig
Movements

53. Loading ramp

54. Passages

55. Passages for sows in insemination
and gestation

56. Biosecurity

57. Biosecurity
Inside
perimeter
Outside
perimeter
Office with
decontamination
room
External
feeders
Covered
disinfectant
barrier
Loading ramp
Fumigation room
Air feed line
Passages
Incinerator
Window with UV-lamp
Wash stands and boot
cleaners
Internal feeders

58. Administrative building

59. Covered disinfectant barrier with heating

60. Incinerator

61. External feeders

62. Internal feeders

63. Loading ramp

64. Boot cleaner and wash stand

65. Water cleaning system

66. Thank you