Agenda for May 21st, 2025: From Birth to Breeding: Practical insights into swine reproduction & gilt management 

10-12 pm Tim Safranski, PhD: Swine reproduction

• Female Reproduction
• Ovulation
• Heat Detection
• Artificial Insemination
• Male Reproduction
• Semen Collection
• Semen Handling 

1-3 pm Mag Lopez: Gilt management for a successful farm

• Early-Life Management – birth weight, early with boar exposure, and colostrum intake 
• Reproductive Management: Breeding weight 
• Nutritional Management: restricting energy and growth rate manipulation 
• Nutritional Management in farrowing: frequency in pre-farrowing feeding regime 
• Farrowing management: loading gilts at maximum teat capacity?

Cost: Free

Contact: Magdiel Lopez, mlopezsoriano@missouri.edu, 573-445-8375