Product Overview

The Tringa was specifically designed to make pregnancy detection in sows as fast, simple and accurate as possible. Learning how to interpret the ultrasound images is easy, even for the most inexperienced user. Today's modern pig breeder knows it is necessary to guard the health and hygiene of his or her sows on all fronts. Possible contamination from other barns must be avoided at all costs. Having a personal ultrasound scanner used exclusively in one's own barns, is one way to reduce risks. Tringa is water resistant, simple to disinfect and has a specially designed ventilation filter for further protection from contaminants.

Time is money. This is true in all types of business, and swine breeding is no exception. Using Tringa, sows can be checked for pregnancy as early as 18 days post-insemination. When compared to other conventional methods, this can reduce the number of wasted days by an average of at least seven days per non-gravid sow. That week can give you the chance to re-inseminate before waiting another cycle. Not only does the system save time and money by reducing the number of days wasted on non-gravid animals, its ease of use allows the operator to scan an average of 150 animals per hour. Additionally, with accuracy rates over 97% at 21 days post-insemination, the results obtained with Tringa can be trusted (1).

In addition to pregnancy detection as early as 18 days post-insemination, Tringa can be used for other applications, too. Examining the uterus during or after farrowing can be performed using the scanner  instead of manually, thus lowering risk of infection. Using the special animal science settings, Tringa can also be used for measuring back fat.

(1) Viana, C. H. C. et al. Evaluation of ultrasonography on early gestation diagnosis in sows. Department of Animal Reproduction, Veterinary School, São Paulo University, Brazil.

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