Finding the sick pig in just over a day
![An ear chipped pig eating at a sensor-equipped hopper. The sensor is the circular device surrounding the hopper, just above the pig s head. <br />[Photo: Jarissa Maselyne]](https://live.pigprogress.net/app/uploads/2021/04/001_500_rb-image-2794641-848x565.jpeg)
[Photo: Jarissa Maselyne]
Especially in larger pig units, a pig with a health problem may be easily overlooked. Yet data can reveal what the eye cannot see. A Belgian study focused on how to turn no-shows at a feeder or drinker into warning signs. Finisher pig 137 isn’t having his best day today. As soon as the sun was up, his leg started feeling sore. It happens sometimes that he has to endure a scratch or a bump. But today, it’s different. The leg really hurts. There’s no way he can walk, let alone run. “Forge
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