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Pork comprises 41% of the world’s meat consumption, requiring approximately one billion pigs per year. Contech's pheromone-based pig products help pig farmers improve the breeding process and increase productivity without negatively impacting the environment.

• PheroBoar™: PheroBoar is a pig pheromone that aids in the identification of estrus in sows (sows in heat) without the need for a boar. PheroBoar also helps identify first estrus in gilts (young sows) without the use of a boar. The common practice of using a live boar to assess breeding readiness is both time and labor intensive.
  
  PheroBoar is applied via a spray pump near the snout of the sow to determine if she is ready to mate. Unlike competitive products, PheroBoar uses a water-based, non-pressurized formula that eliminates solvent shock and allows the product to be shipped by air.


• PheroMate™: PheroMate aids in the training of naïve boars as they learn to mate with dummy sows. In independent studies, PheroMate has been proven to increase vocalization, attentiveness and semen volume in naïve boars. With the application of PheroMate, slower boars with poor interest can be changed into effective, breeding boars.