No milk is the same – yet piglets like it all

There is only one letter difference between ‘sow’ and ‘cow’, yet they are completely different animals. Young piglets, however, these days get fed with milk from either porcine or bovine origin – they will thrive on both. How do sow milk and cow milk compare – and why does this work perfectly in practice? Modern sows can do with a little assistance, when it comes down to lactation. After all, on average, sows produce 10-12 litres of milk per day. In most cases, that amount would be