articles about farrowing room

We focus on moving surplus piglets, which forces us to use nurse sows. We explain two ways to do this in a very visual video.

Drying and warming the piglets favors their survival only in farrowing units with moderate or suboptimal temperatures (<25ºC).

Neonatal diarrhoea is a serious problem for farmers and vets. Affected piglets can develop severe diarrhoea from 1–2 h to 7 days following birth.

The detection of a pathogen alone is not sufficient for elucidating the aetiology behind neonatal diarrhoea outbreaks. The diagnosis of neonatal diarrhoea is one of the most challenging ones in daily pig practice.

Side effects of perinatal medications on the microbiota can be detrimental to animal health.

There are many types of do-it-yourself sow card holders for farms, but this one stands out thanks to its simplicity and functionality.

To ensure that each piglet intakes enough colostrum and to help the smallest piglets get it, split suckling should be used.

In this article, we focus on the key aspects of management to optimize performance from this genetic line of sows. We talked with Carlos Martins.

The PigCHAMP Pro Europe database was used to analyze nurse sows, which wean almost twice the farm average.