Is Your Sow Management Costing Pigs?
Thursday, August 01, 2002By Debbie Neutkens (Pork) - Who isn't looking to boost sow productivity? It's a topic that industry specialists revisit time and again. After all, everyone wants more pigs or more parities per sow.
The place to start is to focus on gilt development and sow condition, say pork production experts polled across the country.
Gilt development protocols in the United States are not optimal for the reproductive female, says John Mabry, director of the Iowa Pork Industry Center. "We've taken a lot of fat off these females and some of the leaner maternal lines don't reproduce as well. That's had an impact on overall reproduction."
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