Table 3.
Monthly collected and calculated production parameters and pig production cost for each pig production company from 2010 to 2014 in Spain
| 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) |
aCost in piglet production phase of drug and vaccines included