Offering a thicker consistency replacer in the farrowing pen leads to more milk intake by piglets. With larger litters, this is also proving to give suckling sows a break
by NORMAN DUNN
Good growth with suckling litters and healthy weaner weights are important targets. But what about the sow? Fast-growing piglets in today’s large litters demand a lot of milk. And no matter how much feed the sow manages, much of the litter weight gain usually comes right off her back.