Markku Johansen

Introduction: High mortality in the pig industry is a welfare problem as well as it reduces the farmer's income. The Danish Pig farmers have decided to reduce the mortality with 20 % before 2020 compared to the 2011 level. For each percent the mortality is reduced in the farrowing units the gross margin per sow per year is increased by 6 euro. The objective of this study was to provide knowled ...