Content related to the topic: health

27 February 2026

African swine fever

All our resources on identifying and stopping the spread of African Swine Fever

17 August 2018

Checklist for making best use of limited straw stocks

Despite additional hectares of straw being made available by cereal growers, there is still likely to be a shortage due to lower yields and an increased requirement for feeding. This factsheet explains the importance of assessing your straw needs and planning for any deficit.

13 August 2018

Ventilation

Ventilation systems can improve living conditions. An efficient ventilation system draws fresh air in and removes stale air along with microbes, dust, harmful gases and water vapour. Inefficient ventilation is detrimental to pig and staff performance (particularly on hot days) and costs more to run

16 February 2024

Efficient feed usage

Feed makes up ~76% of variable and ~56% of total costs. It may be possible to decrease the cost by switching to a cheaper ration or purchasing in larger quantities, but it can also be achieved through simple, practical actions to minimise feed wastage and to improve the efficiency of utilisation

13 August 2018

Newborn management (indoors)

Piglets need warmth after birth as energy reserves to produce body heat are limited. They are also born with no immunity so need colostrum soon after birth a min 100ml per kg of birthweight within 16 hours is crucial to provide the energy, nutrients and antibodies to survive

19 March 2025

Improving feed efficiency in pigs

Use this information to improve, or start, recording feed conversion ratios in all stages of production to help with decision-making.

14 February 2025

Mitigating feed price volatility – reducing feed costs

Feed is the largest cost of production for the pig industry, making up around 60 per cent of total costs. Effective savings in this area can help mitigate price volatility.

13 August 2026

Managing cattle and sheep in hot weather

Advice and information on how to prevent heat stress in cattle and sheep.

30 July 2018

Webinar: Electronic Medicines Book (eMB Pigs)

A webinar to demonstrate the electronic medicines book

30 July 2018

Webinar: Guide to the common gut and lung parasites of cattle

30 December 2024

Ninezergh Farm key performance indicators

Explore how you compare against our optimal dairy system key performance indicators to help establish what we can learn from each other

1 March 2024

Worm control in sheep

As the UK sheep industry has become more reliant on pastures grazed only by sheep, dependence on anthelmintics (wormers) has increased. This manual, produced by the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group gives an overview of how to control worms effectively and responsibly.