A targeted approach can reduce sow mortality

Sow mortality cannot be reduced to zero, but a targeted approach on a farm-by-farm basis can certainly help reduce the percentage of sow deaths, save costs and increase job satisfaction on breeding farms. A recent report from Belgium put the topic in the spotlight, once again. Targeted improvements on sow farms can actually reduce sow mortality – that was the outcome of a study by pig health organisation Animal Health Care Flanders (DGZ) at 15 farms in Flanders, the northern part of Belgium