Tailoring Sow's Diet to Nutritional Needs May Lead to Healthier Piglets
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Fulfilling a sow's increased nutritional needs in the last trimester may lead to greater productivity for both the mother and her piglets, according to assistant professor Crystal Levesque of the South Dakota State University Department of Animal Science. Through a pilot study, she has found "fairly clear preliminary evidence that we're impacting at least piglet survivability in the first week post-weaning."