Identifying ‘at risk’ piglets

There is a critical relationship between piglet birth weight and pre-weaning mortality, several studies suggest. Researchers therefore set out to identify a birth weight threshold value for pre-weaning mortality by analysing data from a combined total of 4,068 piglets from 394 litters on four commercial farms. Improving pig survival at all stages of production has recently been identified as a swine industry priority. The US swine industry benchmark average values over a six year period (2012�