The first major focus of day one care is drying and warming piglets at birth. Piglets are born wet, with a high surface area ...

Pig farmers need to think of hyper-prolific sows as top athletes and manage them appropriately in order to maximise piglet survival and sow welfare. Prolific sows experience longer farrowing durations ...

Swine producers in New Zealand have 10 more years to convert to systems without farrowing crates. That is the outcome of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., and WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- A patented Purdue University invention designed to cool sows and lower their respiration rate while farrowing has been licensed to Innovative Heating ...

Under the name Ker Angel, Dartois also owns a closed cycle farm with 300 Adénia sows. This farm serves as a showcase. There, ...

Swine housing has been a hot topic in recent years, not only in the United States, but in many countries, such as Denmark. Due to genetic advancements in recent years, the average litter size in ...