Major Practices in Commercial Swine Farm - Lopez, Louie Jie J. (Magalang, Pampanga : Pampanga State Agricultural University, 2019)
The farm practice was conducted at Qualipeak Farm located at Asin East Malasiqui, Pangasinan from April 19 to May 26, 2017. The farm has 33 buildings that were oriented from east to west direction with monitor type of roof which ensures proper ventilation. The student trainee learned basic skills in the farm namely: feeds and feeding, semen collection, semen processing and artificial insemination, medication and vaccination, assistance during farrowing, needle teeth cutting, ear notching, castration and other routinary practices in the farm. The reproductive performance of the sows based on the farrowing index, average litter size, average still birth and farm mortality were rated good.