Page 14 of articles about management

Low birth weight increases mortality during the lactation period and affects the productive life of piglets until slaughter. This article attempts to answer the question: Is pre-weaning mortality related to a birth weight threshold?

To have good gilt performance, producers and vets must value those gilts and invest accordingly. Dr. Clayton Johnson from Carthage Veterinary Services shares some tips about gilt productive development.

Castration remains prevalent in European countries, although the systems used differ from country to country.

Some farmers have devised a device that allows them to tattoo the whole litter at the same time. We'll show you how it works.

An optimized weaning diet may be one of the most important tools in obtaining a successful weaning. The diet tested in this trial could keep post-weaning diarrhea at very low level.

Replacing ZnO requires a complex solution that combines management and feeding strategies to solve weaning diarrhoea.