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Group Sow Housing: Practical Considerations
2013-10-15 21:31:00| National Hog Farmer
By Lee J. Johnston and Yuzhi Li West Central Research and Outreach Center, University of Minnesota When considering a change to group housing, the top-of-mind question for producers is: Can we reasonably expect to make this change without depressing sow performance and increasing our cost of production? This is a very difficult question to answer. Taking a very broad view of the topic, reviews of scientific studies and anecdotal reports in general suggest that there are no clear, repeatable advantages or disadvantages in sow performance when comparing group housing with individual stalls. read more
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