Total Electronic Animal Management (TEAM^®)

Purpose

The Osborne TEAM System is a complete management system for gilts and gestating sows in large pen gestation. TEAM enables swine producers to individually manage and feed sows in group sow housing.

Use

• Gestating sows and gilts in large pen gestation
• Gilt development units

TEAM System Components

• TEAM G-Station - electronic sow feeding station
• TEAM E-Station - electronic sow estrous detection station
• TEAM Software - manages the data collected by the TEAM System and provides attention lists for management tasks, feed and estrous summary information and individual and group performance summaries

Operation

• Each individual sow or gilt tagged with a radio frequency (RFID) ear tag
• Automated workstations read the ear tag and perform specific chores and collect information based on the animal's unique identification
• TEAM G-Station feeds each sow and gilt
• TEAM E-Station collects estrous information on sows and gilts

Advantages

• Does much more than just feed sows
• Simple, rugged equipment designed for many years of use
• Designed to meet the needs of all sizes of intensively managed sow farms like North American sow farms

Benefits

• Controlled feeding of individual sows and gilts in large pen gestation
• Eliminate feed waste
• Existing facilities can be easily converted into TEAM System barns
• Provides comprehensive records for sow management
• Animals eat in protected environment eliminating competition for feed and end results are calm and docile animals
• TEAM System barns are pleasant working environments with less equipment resulting in less maintenance
• Better space utilization of barn because more of building footprint is available as available room for sows

Duane Rose, Efficiency Manager at S & J Piglets, Kregel Farms, Garnavillo, Iowa " We are pleased with our Osborne Total Electronic Animal Management (TEAM®) System. The precise control of feeding eliminates feed waste. Our sows in the TEAM System are in better condition than sows in our crated facilities. The TEAM Software feed curves allow us to feed the right amount of feed at the right time resuling in better quality piglets at birth. Sow production for the herd on the TEAM System is every bit as good as our conventional crated facilities."

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