Most recent issue: October 2006

This is the most widely read monthly newsletter in the swine industry.

This issue focuses on: Reducing pre-weaning mortality in piglets

Pre-weaning mortality of piglets is a major loss to the industry, and, including stillborn piglets, up to 20% of piglets or more do not survive to weaning. For a breeding herd of 500 sows, this represents an annual loss of at least 2,500 piglets. Thus, any action that reduces the number of stillborn piglets and post-natal mortality has considerable biological and economic advantages for the whole herd.

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