France: Many pig producers consider to stop castrating 10 pig producers’ organisations in Western France are considering to stop castrating piglets.
Wanted: Your experience with pig castration Health and welfare expert Dr Monique Pairis-Garcia is looking for your experiences with piglet castration.
Why do pigs benefit from copper? US researchers have shed additional light on why copper benefits the pig’s Feed Conversion Rates.
Gene editing offers avenues to end castration This leads to an interesting discussion in the European Union, as gene editing is not permitted.
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Compensatory growth post-weaning – does it exist? Do piglets catch up with their growth when they have suffered from a post-weaning check?
Pigs identify voice as part of humans The animals responded differently to human presence when no voice was broadcasted.
Replacing ZnO requires a combined approach Time is running out to find solutions that could be used to replace therapeutic, high-level zinc oxide in weaned...
3 Steps to fight post-weaning diarrhoea It is well-known that post-weaning diarrhoea in piglets is a multifactorial problem. Tackling that without the...
Piglets Piglets are the future capital of every pig operation. However, newborn piglets are vulnerable to virtually...
Piglet health Nowhere in the pork production chain pigs are as vulnerable as when they are piglets. Challenges are everywhere....