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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: PK on February 16, 2021, 11:30:25 pm

Title: Scanning sows
Post by: PK on February 16, 2021, 11:30:25 pm

Does anyone routinely scan their pigs to confirm pregnancy? If so, what type of scanner?

Title: Re: Scanning sows
Post by: harmony on February 17, 2021, 10:12:52 am

I would think @alang might be a likely person.

Title: Re: Scanning sows
Post by: landroverroy on February 17, 2021, 11:43:19 am

I used to scan them some years ago with a doppler scanner - like midwives use to listen to babys' heartbeat. You just get the noise which confirms pregnancy, but no picture. 

Title: Re: Scanning sows
Post by: vfr400boy on March 17, 2021, 07:54:56 pm

When I worked on the pig farm all sows was scanned and it was very simple when  you got the nack , I can't for the life of me remember the make of the scanner was just a hand held one with a screen on and a probe coming off it ,

Title: Re: Scanning sows
Post by: landroverroy on March 18, 2021, 08:02:15 pm

Quote from: PK on February 16, 2021, 11:30:25 pm

Does anyone routinely scan their pigs to confirm pregnancy? If so, what type of scanner?

If you've just got one or 2 pigs you can ask a sheep or cattle scanner to scan them for you and ask them about their machine.