Correct layouts when moving pigs manually Moving pigs can be quite a nuisance if the animals don’t cooperate, pig management expert John Gadd wrote in a...
Better sow performance with the right minerals Times are long gone when supplying minerals to pigs was a matter of one-size-fits-all. Sows have a different...
DanBred CEO: "Pig farms grow and so will we" In terms of organisation, the Danish pig breeding sector is reinventing itself. Thomas Muurmann Henriksen is CEO...
Do ‘nurse sows’ suffer from their role? Sows that are being used as ‘nurse sows’ after weaning have not been observed to suffer from any long-term...
Fewer pathogens with egg immunoglobulins For newborn pigs there are often a host of different challenges – think of crushing or contamination of the...
Pig Progress 3: Focus on health and piglets Health issues as well as piglet feeding have a strong focus in the 3rd edition of Pig Progress in 2018. The...
An easy farrowing enhances piglet health Sometimes, when humans feel bad, early help can help them to perform as usual, which in turn helps them to be...
Trial on loose farrowing crates: More research needed Extensive comparative research to loose farrowing in Denmark has yielded for now that none of the 10...