AGILO welfare housing equipment

Group housing of lactating sows PureLine products Under the name Agilo, Big Dutchman offers two new group housing systems for lactating sows: •Agilo HL •Agilo FB An important feature of both systems is the large amount of space they offer for sows and piglets. In the service centre and gestation area, sows are already often kept in groups. But for lactating sows, group housing is much less common. Main advantages •the sows are already kept in the same group before farrowing •for farrowing, the sows and the piglets remain together in farrowing boxes •good maternal bonding •reduced risk of losses caused by overlying •the farrowing box is opened after some days •interaction between the sows and all piglets of the group •the piglets can act out their need for movement • any ranking fights occur early on, reducing the piglets’ risk of injury •the sows’ great freedom of movement boosts the metabolism and therefore increases feed intake, keeping the sows in a good condition.