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Many sow farms have been increasing total born and weaning large litters with heavier pigs. With litter size continuing to improve and lactation length increasing to around 21 days, the demand for milk production must continue to increase to meet the increasing demand of heavier pigs.

Here we present a table of differential diagnosis of the most common diarrheas during lactation.

The majority of newborn mamals are very sensitive to low temperatures. However, piglets are especially predisposed to loss of energy.

Although pigs can be infected with different species of coccidia, in suckling piglets the most important disease caused by enteric protozoa is coccidiosis due to Isospora suis.