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Targets, checklists and suggested actions to solve many common problems have long been the speciality of our favoured columnist, John Gadd. Experiences from his dedicated career as on-farm adviser have been gathered together into this recognisab...
Wean-by-weight is a better policy, but it either involves nurse sows to deal with the under-weights or some back fostering, which is said to (and probably does) inflame virus diseases like PMWS
Textbooks do mention weaning weight, of course, but those in my library do not deal with it in detail. This is presumably because weaning weight variability has not been a priority area in research and hard evidence seems to be lacking.