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With current data, we will review the quantitative impact of some of the most relevant factors for sows in the lactation phase.

This farm has built a small chute to vaccinate an entire pen of piglets in record time.

This year's edition of the Swine Conference in honor of Dr. Allen D. Leman was a special 50th Anniversary event and took place September 21-24 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre Convention Center in Minnesota, USA.

Animals tell us how they feel, but do we understand what they are telling us?

In this third installment, Antonio Palomo summarizes the papers presented on reproduction, nutrition, precision livestock farming, and other aspects of swine production.

We interviewed Anders Christian Sørensen to talk about the DanBred's genetic selection objectives.

Antonio Palomo summarizes the presentations from the latest AASV, ranging from the future of the veterinary profession to the eradication of diseases, hog prices, and experiences in improving pig survival.

How to adapt a normal pen to the specific needs of weaned piglets.

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).

Here are three basic rules for deciding if and when to do cross fostering and use nurse sows.

Enric Marco examines the reasons why the average age at weaning has not yet reached 28 days in Spain.

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

Javier Lorente tells us how to make newly weaned piglets comfortable and, above all, how to get them to start drinking and eating as soon as possible.

Our series of articles on different genetics companies continues. This time, we talk about Hypor with Manuel Revilla.

Javier Lorente outlines step by step the keys to reducing piglet stress during the weaning process.