Breeding: Piglets

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Feeding piglets better: An eight-step checklist

Imagine being a piglet, lying comfortably with brothers and sisters next to mum. And then – without prior notice, you are picked up and dropped off somewhere else in a busy place with loads of others. Gone is the milk, gone is the peace and quiet, help! What can producers do to help this piglet through weaning?
Pig’s eye view just after weaning – who are these pigs? Where’s my mum? I want milk! ... read more »

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Iron for piglets: Between anaemia and overload

Pig farmers have a responsibility to provide ample amounts of ironfor their piglets. To find out exactly what would be the ideal amount of iron requires some deeperknowledge of a young piglet’s physiology. How to define iron anaemia and iron overload? read more >

Potato peptides improve piglet performance

Potatoes have long been known as an ingredient pigs like. But apart from feeding the skins, there appear to be more ways of profiting from potatoes. When potato proteins undergo fermentation, a stronger benefit from potatoes has been shown. In piglets, feeding fermented potato protein has shown some good results. read more >

New strategies in piglet nutrition: Gel feeding

In recent years it has been recognised that early feed intake after weaning is essential for the performance of pigs during the whole fattening period. Accounting for the scientific progress, beside milk replacers or dry prestarter and starter diets, another type of piglet feed is now entering the market: Gel. read more >

How routines can help to get to 32 piglets/sow/year

Danish Karina Mikkelsen has very steady routines in her farrowing unit leading to excellent breeding figures. She informed the audience at the latest Congress for Pig Producers (Svinekongres) in Herning, Denmark, held in October 2011. Her message: If a producer looks well after the sows, the sows will take good care of their piglets. read more >

A rescue package for piglets in need

Gone are the days where a milk replacer was reached for as an emergency. Now, with litter sizes on the increase, milk replacers and their feeding systems are becoming part of everyday management on progressive sow units. However, do they give good results and do they call for more labour? read more >
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