Good feeding during gestation means healthier and heavier piglets

摘要

With increasing production levels of sold piglets per sow per year, best practices in the different disciplines are now the key to achieving top results. This article focuses on the importance of feed and feeding during gestation to obtain homogenous,vital and heavy piglets at birth. Most of the feed consumed by sows during gestation is used for maintenance but on top of this, extrauterine growth and intrauterine growth are important. If sows are not fed properly then their condition will suffer (back fat and body condition score) or the piglet birthweight will fall. This can be checked by weighing the total litter as well as the three smallest piglets.