26161 Carry out checks, oestrus detection, mating, ….doc

1、26161 version 1Page 4 of 4Carry out checks, oestrus detection, mating, and culling of breeding stock in an indoor or outdoor unitLevel3Credits8PurposePeople credited with this unit standard are able to, in an indoor or outdoor pork production unit: carry out routine husbandry procedures in the matin

2、g and dry sow area; carry out oestrus detection; carry out mating; and assist with the identification and selection of breeding stock for culling.SubfieldPork ProductionDomainPig HusbandryStatusRegisteredStatus date19 March 2010Date version published19 March 2010Planned review date31 December 2014En

3、try informationOpen.Replacement informationThis unit standard replaced unit standard 22083 and unit standard 22096.AccreditationEvaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and teaching professional in the same field from another provider.Standard setting body (SSB)Primary Industry Traini

4、ng OrganisationAccreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference0052This AMAP can be accessed at t.nz/framework/search/index.do.Special notes1Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.2Performance

5、of all aspects of this unit standard should comply with the New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Animal Welfare (Pigs) Code of Welfare 2005, Wellington, available at t.nz/animal-welfare/codes/pigs/index.htm.3DefinitionsOn-farm procedures the verbal or written in

6、structions to staff on procedures for pig health, welfare, and management.Pork production unit collective term for several pork production sections. For example, a farrowing section, a grower section, and a dry sow section together make up a pork production unit.Elements and performance criteriaElem

7、ent 1Carry out routine husbandry procedures in the mating and dry sow area in an indoor or outdoor pork production unit.Performance criteria1.1Environmental conditions are checked and reported, and adjustments made, in accordance with on-farm procedures.Rangequality and quantity of drinking water, t

8、emperature, ventilation.1.2The health of pig breeding stock is checked, problems are identified and reported, and remedial action is taken, in accordance with on-farm procedures.Rangesymptoms physical, behavioural.1.3Sow pig breeding stock showing signs of returning to oestrus are identified and rep

9、orted in accordance with on-farm procedures.1.4Information is recorded in accordance with on-farm procedures.1.5Preventative vaccinations for sow are administered in accordance with on-farm procedures.Element 2Carry out oestrus detection in an indoor or outdoor pork production unit.Performance crite

10、ria2.1Sows and gilts are checked for signs of oestrus, and stock in oestrus are identified and reported, in accordance with on-farm procedures.Rangesows newly weaned, mated;gilts replacement, mated;visual check on behavioural and physical signs, run with boar, back pressure test.2.2Safety procedures

11、 are followed at all times when moving and handling stock in accordance with on-farm procedures.Rangeuse of stock board, handlers position in relation to stock, escape route.Element 3Carry out mating in an indoor or outdoor pork production unit.Performance criteria3.1Stock to be mated are moved to t

12、he mating pen with minimal stress and without injury to stock or handler(s) in accordance with on-farm procedures.3.2Courtship is observed to ensure that fighting or bullying does not occur in accordance with on-farm procedures.3.3Mating is supervised, and assistance appropriate to the situation is

13、given if required, in accordance with on-farm procedures.Rangeexamples of assistance hand assistance, positional change;evidence is required for at least one of natural mating, artificial insemination.3.4Stock are returned to their own pens on completion of mating with minimal stress and without inj

14、ury to stock or handler(s) in accordance with on-farm procedures.3.5Safety procedures are followed at all times when moving and handling stock in accordance with on-farm procedures.Rangemay include but is not limited to use of stock board, handlers position in relation to the animal(s), escape route

15、.3.6Mating details are recorded in accordance with on-farm procedures.Element 4Assist with the identification and selection of breeding stock for culling in an indoor or outdoor pork production unit.Performance criteria4.1Pig breeding stock performance records are checked, and candidates for culling

16、 are identified on the basis of their reproductive performance in accordance with on-farm procedures.Rangeparity, litter size born alive, piglet survival, milk yield, litter size weaned, litters per year, not-in-pig sows, abortion, returns to service, anoestrus, temperament, boar performance.4.2Pig

17、breeding stock are checked for signs of disease and physical deficiencies, and candidates for culling are identified and reported, in accordance with on-farm procedures.4.3Information on culling criteria is recorded in accordance with on-farm procedures.Please noteProviders must be accredited by NZQ

18、A, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.