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Table 3 Monthly collected and calculated production parameters and pig production cost for each pig production company from 2010 to 2014 in Spain

From: Production parameters and pig production cost: temporal evolution 2010–2014

Production phase

Parameter

Piglet production phase (gestation and lactation)

Number of piglets born alive (NBA)

 

Preweaning mortality (%) (PM1)

 

Number of piglets weaned by sow (NW)

 

Number of piglets produced by sow and year (NPWY)

 

Number of cycles by sow and year (NCS)

 

Feed price for sows (Euros/tonne) (FP1)

 

Kilograms of sow feed per weaned piglet (KFWP)

 

Total kilograms of sow feed by year (TSF)

 

Cost per Weaned piglet (Euros) (CWP1)

Nursery phase (from weaning to 19 kg of bw)

Nursery average daily gain (g/day) (ADG2)

 

Nursery feed conversion rate (FCR2)

 

Nursery mortality (%) (NM2)

 

Feed price for nursery (Euros/tonne) (FP2)

 

Cost per nursery piglet (Euros) (CNP2)

 

Drug and vaccine cost per nursery pigleta (DVCNP2)

Fattening phase (from 19 to 108 kg of bw)

Fattening average daily gain (g/day) (ADG3)

 

Fattening feed conversion rate (FCR3)

 

Fattening mortality (%) (FM3)

 

Feed price for fattening (Euros/tonne) (FP3)

 

Total cost per pig (Euros) (TCP3)

 

Drug and vaccine cost during fattening phase (DVCFP3)

Whole production phase

Total feed conversion rate (FCRT)

 

Total cost per produced Kg (TCK)

 

Total feed cost (Euros) per pig (TFC)

 

Total drug and vaccine cost (Euros) per pig (DVCT)

 

Total fixed cost (Euros) per pig (TFIXC)

 

Total reproduction cost (Euros) per pig (TREPC)

  1. aCost in piglet production phase of drug and vaccines included