SWINE INFORMATION NETWORK

Industry Facts

Swine production performance in the Philippines, (1999-2003)
Parameter	Target	Year
Parameter	Target	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
No. of participating farms		26	32	29	23	29
Litters farrowed		21,759	34,810	44,999	40,425	48,405
Litter size born
Alive	9.50	8.99	9.21	9.20	9.17	9.23
Mummified	0.20	0.27	0.20	0.18	0.19	0.19
Stillborn	0.30	0.48	0.48	0.39	0.45	0.40
Total	10	9.74	9.88	9.77	9.82	9.81
Ave. birth wt., kg	1.40	1.46	1.47	1.46	1.48	1.49
Littersize at weaning	8.55	8.21	8.36	8.29	8.23	8.45
Preweaning mortality, %	10	8.80	9.24	9.88	10.20	8.37
Weaning age, days	30	28.29	28.69	28.33	28.71	28.80
Dry/rest periods, days	11	12.89	13.31	12.93	14.43	13.78
Farrowing interval, days	155	156.84	157.85	157.56	159.31	158.93
Adjusted 30-day wt., kg	7.5	7.28	7.38	7.62	7.37	7.76
Farrowing rate, %	80	75.03	76.19	76.73	74.55	75.86
Mortality based on total pop'n, %	2.25	3.58	3.57	3.16	3.77	3.80
Farrowing/Sow index	2.35	2.33	2.31	2.32	2.29	2.30
PWSY	20.08	19.12	19.36	19.24	18.89	19.43
Average Daily Gain (ADG), kg	0.475	0.475	0.485	0.492	0.498	0.505
Adjjusted 180-day wt., kg	85	85.52	87.29	88.56	89.61	90.82
Adjusted farm efficiency	3.75	3.59	3.63	3.54	3.53	3.49
PPSY	18	16.11	15.77	16.36	15.27	15.33
Price of reg slaughter hog sold, Php		59.03	56.29	61.74	55.54	58.51
Non-Productive Days						21.41

Source: PSIRDFI and PCARRD (2004)