Sows & Boars

Lameness is no issue with this healthy sow. - Photo: Bert Jansen

11-10-2021 | Expert opinion

The impact of sow lameness on piglets

This farrowing sow on a farm in Belgium receives 7 equal portions of feed per day. - Photo: Nedap

06-09-2021 | Article

4 tips on how to get better results during farrowing

Dietary flavour supplementation improved the reproductive performance of the sows, which was associated with enhanced beneficial microbiota in the sows gastrointestinal tract. Photo: Jan-Willem Schouten

24-08-2021 | Article

Study shows that sows favour flavoured feed

A lactating sow and her piglets without a crate. Photo: Hans Prinsen

24-08-2021 | News

Free Farrowing is not a matter of “when” but “how”

A farrowing pen with also straw provided to allow the sow to express her natural behaviour and build a nest. Photo: Henk Riswick

23-08-2021 | Expert opinion

What will farrowing of the future look like?

Photo: Henk Riswick

16-08-2021 | Expert opinion

Boars: A critical component in pig farm success

Podcast on pig breeding and sow mortality

11-08-2021 | News

Podcast on pig breeding and sow mortality

The Danish team testing the temperature of a sow using a thermometer at the udder. - Photo: Vivi Aarestrup Moustsen

26-07-2021 | Expert opinion

Can sow skin temperature reveal health issues?

A sow in a farrowing crate in a US breeding farm. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

19-07-2021 | News

US pig industry watches California’s Prop 12 rule

Piglets

Plea for comparative study to weaning at 5 weeks

15-04 | Article

What is the impact of initial post-weaning feed intake on piglet metabolism?

04-04 | Article

This is a precise and reliable posture recognition method in suckling piglets

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