Introduce your gilts earlier With many reports indicating increased health troubles in gilts, try an earlier introduction of gilts into the breeding herd to prevent such problems July 16, 2009 Steffen Hoy With many reports indicating increased health troubles in gilts, try an earlier introduction of gilts into the breeding herd to prevent such problemsRead more
Grouping sows: Social rank affects litter size German research finds poorer fertility for sows that are ranked lowly on peck order within a group formed soon after weaning March 26, 2008 Carmen Weirich, Jörg Bauer, and Steffen Hoy German research finds poorer fertility for sows that are ranked lowly on peck order within a group formed soon after weaningRead more