The breeding facility is arguably the most complex stage of production in the swine industry. There are a lot of factors that influence the productivity of the sow and those first few weeks of life for the piglets will impact how efficiently they grow for the rest of their lives. In todayโs episode, Dr. Laura Greiner and Jennifer Patterson discuss some of the key components of determining sow lifetime productivity and what recent research has shown for the interactions between sows and low birth weight pigs.
“๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต’๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด.” – ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป
