pigs

Photo: Ronald Hissink
25-11 | Article

Reducing sow deaths and supporting better welfare

The aim should be to reduce the thermoregulatory effort for pigs, so that they can recover quickly after heat stress. Photo: IFIP
03-05-2021 | Article

Can we face heat waves with adapted feeding strategies?

An important thought behind fibre rich feed is that piglets are born faster, and that milk starts flowing swiftly. Photo: Ruud Ploeg
07-12-2020 | Article

Top producing sows need extra fibre

The newly weaned piglets have a feeder in the pen to offer the animals dry food in addition to liquid feed. Photo: Henk Riswick
07-12-2020 | Article

Health and well-being paramount on Finnish pig farm

When pigs from infected and naïve flows are co-mingled at the end of the nursery, infected pigs can triple within the population every week. Photo: B.v.d.Wense
07-12-2020 | Article

7 recent advances in understanding Lawsonia

Heat stress feed strategies per species. Photo: Fotolia
15-04-2019 | Article

Heat stress feed strategies per species

Save your income from going up in smoke. Photo: Phileo Lesaffre Animal Care
15-04-2019 | Article

Save your income from going up in smoke

Automated collection of heat stress data. Photo: Vincent ter Beek
15-04-2019 | Article

Automated collection of heat stress data

Trigger the brain to manage heat stress. Photo: Phode
15-04-2019 | Article

Trigger the brain to manage heat stress

Heat stress in pigs effect on the gut. Photo: Phytobiotics
17-12-2018 | Article

Heat stress in pigs – effect on the gut