Thinking ahead – also needed for healthy weaners

In Pig Progress’ Sow Management Special Edition last year, attention was paid to the need to ‘think ahead’. The same goes for piglet health before, during and after weaning. How to alleviate this traumatic period for piglets? By John Gadd, pig management consultant, UK Thinking ahead starts with a good birth weight. A weight of 1.45 kg rather than 1.2 kg means a stronger and healthier piglet at weaning, especially when weaning at 21 days or under. A trawl through published rese