Preventing piglet mortality in free farrowing pens
Free farrowing pens are increasingly promoted and implemented. The freedom of the sow to move comes with challenges, but also with benefits. While currently researching pigs at an extensive farm, pig welfare expert Dr Irene Camerlink was confronted again with the harsh reality of high piglet mortality. She shares some insights from long-term research on free farrowing and piglet mortality. The hypothermia-starvation-crushing complex
There are 2 important reasons why there is a farrowing crate.
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