The health status of swineherds has significant implications on animal welfare and production efficiency, including growth rate, feed conversion, and profitability. Therefore, swine producers and veterinarians work daily to improve and maintain the h
Diarrhea in Nursery Piglets: How to Manage it
A practical checklist for the successful management of diarrhea in nursing piglets. Preweaning mortality represents a cost to the swine producer; it is a lost financial opportunity and is considered a welfare concern in commercial pig
Pre-weaning mortality: why is that an issue?
The contribution of Stalsoan F toward decreased per-weaning mortality and diarrhea The vigorous genetic selection for increased litter size has raised pig production to a higher level. The greater number of piglets reduces the cost per housed sow, i
Controlling ammonia emissions in finishing barns
Learn how ammonia emissions negatively impact pig performance and how to mitigate them The most common complaint producers hear when people drive past or visit a pig barn is the smell. Ammonia, a gas released when manure decomposes, can be easily re