JRP: Attention for difficulties at farrowing and self-assessment

The 57th edition of the annual French Swine Research Days, held early February 2025 in Saint-Malo, was the best-visited edition so far. Amongst the many scientific studies to animal nutrition, there was also attention for topics like difficult farrowings and how to do a self-assessment as a swine farm. The topic of risk factors during farrowing was introduced by Jean-Charles Besnard, pig nutrition market manager at farming cooperative Terrena. He presented a study of the farrowing duration of