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Zmags
May 2018
NationalHogFarmer.com
NPB president's parting
words PAGE 42
How to be a virtual rock star PAGE 46
WPX guide PAGE 50
Rethink the norm:
Combating high
pre-weaning mortality
There's a standard swine producers and veterinarians have
grown accustomed to: 15 percent. It's roughly the industry
average for pre-weaning mortality in piglets, an issue that has
long impacted the swine industry.
The 2016 Pork Industry Analysis indicates
that while the number of pigs born alive
continues to rise, pre-weaning mortality
is growing right alongside it. According
to the report, which looks at production
data from about 35 percent of the U.S.
sow herds, the sow farm average for
pre-weaning mortality was 17.3 percent in
2016. For operations in the top 25 percent
for each production indicator, it was as
high as 13.2 pe
May 2018 NationalHogFarmer.com
Rethink the norm: Combating high pre-weaning mort
Contents Volume 63, No. 5
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