The period from birth to the nursery is the most sensitive one in the life of a pig. The piglets face many challenges since they are born: the environmental temperature, competition with their siblings, access to the udder, crushing by their dam, fosterings, hierarchy, weaning, transition to solid feed...
That's the reason why have started a new section called 'Piglet care'. In it, several authors will write about different facets of its management: its 48 first hours of life, the management of the foster sows, artificial lactation as an alternative to foster sows, the use of creep feed, key aspects in the nursery...
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We encourage you to read the first article: 'Weaned pigs: they are not all the same. Age and weight dispersion' written by the swine veterinarian Joan Wennberg.