UTERUS-PROTECTION: THE BEGINNING OF LIFE IS IMPORTANT

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Uterus-protection: the beginning of life is important

At the start of life every single gram of bodyweight counts:

110 g higher start weight...

...means in this farm a 620g higher weaning weight

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And there is even more!

A higher birth-weight means:

  • Lower body temperature loss in neonates
  • Higher colostrum-intake and better health and immunity/resistance to infections
  • Improved development of piglets in weaning and growing phase
  • More pleasure from working with the pigs and less stress for human handlers