Larger litters, smaller piglets, more health problems

Pig litters get increasingly large, which results in smaller, hence weaker, piglets. The timeframe around weaning appears to be when most improvement can be made. Stepping up feed intake can happen through a co-processed soy and yeast product. By Lars Sangill Andersen and Carsten Pedersen, Hamlet Protein, Denmark Looking at challenges in pig production from the start of the life cycle, it is easy to spot one area which is currently developing with high speed. As genetics have become