Feeding strategies for hyperprolific sows

Due to the enormous increase in liveborn piglets/sow/year, feeding strategies and feed composition are to be adapted to the different phases of the cycle to guarantee a high lifetime performance. For sows, up to four to six diets are ideal. By Jacob Dall, Karsten T. Rasmussen and Arndt Schäfer, Vilofoss* A sow is going through different phases during the production cycle: Implantation, midgestation, late gestation, pre-birth, early lactation, and lactation itself, succeeded by a preparati