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Gestation Length and Inducing: What do we know?

2014-10-06 23:48:00| National Hog Farmer

By Ron Ketchem and Mark Rix, Swine Management Services LLC, Fremont, NE Along with affecting piglet birth weight and colostrum we know that if a sow is induced too early that she will have smaller pigs, sometimes pigs that have lower viability, more farrowing difficulties, and some sows that do not have or produce enough milk. read more

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