Sow Feeding Management Technical Articles
Article published the March 4, 2021:
WHAT OUR PRESENTERS DISCUSSED:
Dr. Steve Pollmann
Benchmarking
Sow mortality
Seasonal effects on sow productivity
Parity effects on farrowing rate & litter size
Sow farm impact on wean-to-fi...
Article published the March 2, 2021:
Introduction
A successful gestation feeding program is one that yields a large, vigorous litter of pigs and a healthy sow equipped with adequate mammary development and body nutrient stores to produce large qu...
Article published the December 17, 2020:
INTRODUCTION
Sows in transition from gestation to lactation are in a period of dramatic physiological change due to high nutrient demands of rapidly growing fetuses in utero, parturition, and lactation. T...
Article published the September 11, 2020:
Introduction
The U.S. swine industry is facing a significant change in production practices regarding gestation sow housing. Many pork producers across the United States are shifting from housing gestating sow...
Article published the August 26, 2020:
Introduction
Lysine is the first limiting amino acid in corn-soybean meal-based swine diets. In order to maximize efficiency in all stages of production, the requirement of Lys needs to be determined. In lacta...
Article published the August 25, 2020:
1. Introduction
In the wild, weaning in pigs is a long and progressive process that occurs between the 9th and 22nd week of age, allowing piglets a gradual transition from milk to solid foods [1]. In addition,...
Article published the August 10, 2020:
1. Introduction
Meat consumers have shown an increasing interest in purchasing products from more sustainable production systems that are considered more respectful of the environment and of animal welfare [1,...
Article published the September 25, 2019:
The loss of baby pigs before weaning is an enormous waste of resources. Recent data from 49 Kentucky farrow-to-finish swine farms indicate that an average of 80 percent of pigs born alive survive to weaning. Mo...
Article published the February 26, 2019:
Introduction
Yeast derivatives (YD) are widely used in animal nutrition as natural additives [1,2]. YD typically contains a complex of mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) and polysaccharides, glucomannoproteins, and...
Article published the October 29, 2018: