Compensatory growth post-weaning – does it exist?

Compensatory growth is a controversial subject in pig production. Do piglets catch up with their growth when they have suffered from a post-weaning check – or don’t they? Pig management expert John Gadd reaches a remarkable conclusion. As one of the ‘sheltered group’ during Covid-19, I am instructed/advised not to leave the house until this deadly virus has subsided sufficiently. Thus I have more than enough time to think about several controversies in pig production, and after more tha