Can sow skin temperature reveal health issues?

The pig industry is facing new challenges when lactating sows are to be loose housed. How to identify sows with potential health issues for instance? After all, measuring rectal temperature is made more difficult. Recent Danish research aimed to find out whether measuring skin temperature could be a replacement. Pig welfare expert Vivi Aarestrup Moustsen explains. There is an increasing interest in the loose housing of lactating sows. However, there are also major barriers for its implementatio