Nasal Swabs
Hanna Fränzl gives a concise overview about the immune system of pigs.
Peter Silley
Peter Davies
Up to 40 milking bouts per day!
Natural protective agents in the sow’s mature milk are active in the piglet’s intestines.
• No milk-no protective agents! ►pathogens readily multiply in the intestines
• Hourly milk-take is a prerequisite for a healthy gut and a healthy piglet
The protective agents released during the entire lactation remain active in the piglets’ intestines.
We need accurate ways to assess pain in pigs in order to evaluate the welfare consequences of interventions and to develop more effective pain mitigation strategies, according to a recently published review* of various methods currently under investigation.
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