Page 15 of articles about sow

The number of sows that suffer some kind of leg injury is much higher than is apparent, and even more so in second farrowings.

The article provides an alternative to the current vaccination programs that could be the solution for farms with early onset oedema disease. However, this alternative —consisting of vaccinating the dams at the end of gestation to achieve post-weaning piglets immunization—, also raises questions...

Energy intake based on body condition differs greatly from the energy adult sows require. Moreover, the NRC clearly overestimates the sows' maintenance requirements.

Meeting batch breeding targets requires availability of enough service-ready weaned sows and gilts.

If we decide to use foster sows to wean the "extra" piglets farrowed by hyper-prolific sows, we must decide which system is best suited to our farm and our management conditions.

Apparently, lameness problems amount to just 5% of the causes for sending pigs to slaughter...

The isolation and acclimation period is not negotiable, it is an investment.

Use the probe of an intrauterine AI catheter to provide colostrum.

Gilts are the population most likely to excrete M. hyo during lactation because they will probably have become infected within 200 days prior to their first farrowing.