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

A good start in post-weaning feed intake and including creep feed and palatable diets is crucial to optimize piglet health and performance.

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.

From their respective academic and on-farm perspectives, Josep Gasa and Josep Casanovas comment on a recent study about the effect of postweaning feed intake.

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

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.

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

This innovative ramp designed by Hylife improves piglet welfare and reduces physical strain on farm workers during the weaning process.

The similarity between the pre- and post-weaning diet composition may be more important for post-weaning performance than the absolute intake level of solid feed pre-weaning.

We went to visit Piggly, a sustainable farm from an environmental, production, animal welfare, and economic perspective.

A simple management strategy can have an impact on the piglet’s most challenging time in life: the weaning period.

Everything you need to know to successfully wean your piglets.

A simple, easy-to-build toy that will attract piglets to the feed dish to reduce post-weaning fasting.

This concludes our series of three articles with explanations from Alberto Garcia and Chretien Gielen about the measures to consider to reduce post-weaning diarrhea without the use of zinc oxide. We couldn't end without looking at key aspects such as the environment, water, and use of biologics.

The ban on the use of zinc oxide starting June 2022 makes it necessary to review and improve many aspects of weaning, especially in its early stages. With Alberto García and Chretien Gielen we address key management points for successful weaning without the use of zinc oxide.