Sow lameness Technical Articles
Article published the July 7, 2021:
COMMON PROBLEMS IN BREEDING SOWS
The high prolificacy of modern genetic lines provides extraordinary productivity, but at the same time increases the frequency of problems which, if not managed properly, wil...
Article published the September 30, 2016:
The South African pig industry is no different from other pig industry in the world with regard to sow lameness. More than 76% of the sows assessed for lesion scoring had a lesion in more than one claw, which i...
Article published the September 2, 2016:
Implications
Knowledge on the economic impact of claw lesions and lameness helps to understand how both the diseases influence economic losses, and indicates how these problems should best be addressed. The f...
Article published the July 18, 2013:
Longer lifetime – better economy
Only 20% of all sows achieve an optimal lifetime production
Increasing the number of litters per year sow from 3.5 to 4.5 increases the earnings per year sow by Euro ...
Article published the July 24, 2012:
Claw and leg lesions in sows may cause lameness, and have detrimental effects on animal welfare. In the European Welfare Quality® protocol, lameness is one of the animal-based measures to assess animal welf...
Article published the April 15, 2011:
Lameness among sows may be and must be regarded as a loss-making disease. Lameness is not a common state for sows, and several international studies indicate losses due to lameness amounting to 50 - 100 Eu...