Health and productivity – ‘Disease control is king’

‘Disease control is king’ and ‘Pigs are precious’ were two of the remarks made by John Dean, professor at Minnesota State University at a recent conference in Rovereto, N. Italy. Analysis of the major components of production profitability variation were the CDL group (culls, deads and lightweights) which accounted for 55%, followed by feed conversion efficiency (FCE) at 28% and finally average daily (ADG) gain, 17%. ‘Disease control is king’ and ‘P