A healthy and high performing Danish sow nursing more than 13 piglets. Photo: Lars Mikkelsen (C)
Are DanBred sows capable of nursing more piglets than they are given credit for? Definitely yes. This was confirmed by The Danish Pig Research Centre after completing an extensive trial, which explored the nursing capacity of DanBred sows. In 2018, DanBred documented an impressive average of 17.2 liveborn piglets per litter in Denmark, and in the same period, reports showed that Danish herds had around 12 piglets weaned per weaning. The Danish Pig Research Centre (DPRC) decided to investigate t
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