Sow nutrition: Critical points in the transition period (2/2)
Factors we should keep in mind when considering the nutritional needs of sows in the transition period: body condition, parity, piglet mortality, glycogen in piglets, colostrum, and milk.
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Factors we should keep in mind when considering the nutritional needs of sows in the transition period: body condition, parity, piglet mortality, glycogen in piglets, colostrum, and milk.
Aspects to keep in mind when considering sows' nutritional needs in the transition period: fetal growth and associated tissues, mammary development, endogenous heat, and adaptive physiological processes.
A gilt who has compromised limb health on entry to the breeding herd is more vulnerable to early removal as a result of lameness and more vulnerable to the negative production affects associated with it.
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