Sow mortality: How and who? (1/2)
To reduce mortality, it is essential to diagnose the causes. To do so, we must answer four basic questions: how, who, when, and where? In this article, we'll address the first two.
articles about body-condition
Short- and long-term effects of birth weight and neonatal care in pigs
Neonatal care treatment may be useful to reduce mortality in low birth weight piglets and could affect carcass fatness and meat quality.
Dam parity structure and body condition during lactation influence piglet growth and gilt sexual maturation through pre-finishing
Although progeny body weights were typically less from first parity dams through 45 days of age, these progeny were similar or heavier at 100 and 145 days of age in contrast to progeny from other parities.
What role does feed play in the longevity of breeding sows?
Many factors influence sow longevity and survival. So how important is targeted feed management to a longer life of performance?
Evaluation of dietary approaches to slow growth rate of finishing pigs
High amino acid restriction and high CaCl2, but not neutral detergent fiber inclusion are effective to control growth in finishing pigs.
Bayer helps farmers keep sows healthy with new BCS SowDition smartphone application
BCS SowDition enables accurate and standardized body condition scoring of sows in four simple steps, contributing to better health and management.
Hypor Partners with Biotronics to Improve Accuracy and Safety in Ultrasound Scanning
BioQStation is a new product under development that integrates the BioSoft Toolbox II with BioQscan autoprocessing technology and the BioPigLift.