Gestating Sows: All Group Housing is Not the Same, But Neither are All Stalls
By Harold W. Gonyou, Prairie Swine Centre Inc. - The greatest factor affecting the productivity and longevity of sows in a herd is control of their body condition, or, simply put, their weight. Neither thin nor fat sows are able to consistently produce large, fast growing litters over several reproductive cycles.
1 December 2003
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