New strategies to improve welfare and productivity

Improving welfare and reducing stress at the farm can lead to higher product quality, less losses and ultimately higher productivity. This article introduces new strategies to reduce stress while improving performance of piglets. It emphasises the interest of new concepts, as well as the benefits for animals, farmers and customers. Nowadays, piglets are weaned and exposed to solid feed at an early age with the objective of increasing the number of litters and the productivity. However, early we