Pigs in transport at the farm in Binh Thuận province.


The Binh Thuận facility is built on a long strip of land, hence all buildings are located behind each other.


(FMD), Classical Swine Fever (CSF), Aujeszky’s Disease, PRRS and E. coli. Piglets receive the same set of vaccinations, and on top of that, they also receive vaccinations for PCV2 and M. hyo. Newborn piglets stay with the sows until they are roughly 28 days of age, when they weigh about 7-7.5kg. On average, the sows wean 20-21 piglets per sow per year.


Finishers Just like in the gestating sow barns, the animals are kept cool by using evaporative systems, using cooling pads. The finishers are being sent to the slaughterhouse at around


An outlet of Vissan in downtown Ho Chi Minh City.


100-105kg. This is related to market preference; unlike neighbouring China, the Vietnamese market does not re- quire very fatty meat. The animals receive a meal based on corn, rice bran, broken rice, fish meal and soybean meal. Of the meals, only the piglet feed is contracted from Cargill. The remainder of the feed is made externally at a commer- cial feed plant, controlled by the Vissan Group. Even in that aspect, the city has managed to become a true integrator.


This feature has been made possible with the kind assistance of Lallemand Animal Nutrition.


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