Weaning the piglets from the sow is a great challenge for many sow owners. Lack of appetite, immunodeficiency and weaning diarrhoea often lead to animal losses.
Solution
Optimising husbandry, feeding and management can make a decisive contribution to avoiding animal losses and keeping the use of medication to a minimum.
Description
This leaflet discusses the difficulties associated with weaning piglets and shows what measures are necessary to prevent problems and to remedy them in acute cases. In addition to recommendations for optimising housing, management and feeding, the leaflet also lists feed supplements approved in organic farming to stabilise piglets' digestion. Medicinal plants and homeopathic medicines for prophylaxis and alleviation of the unpleasant symptoms of diarrhoeal diseases are recommended and available advisory services relating to pig husbandry according to the country (Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxemburg), complete the guide. Organic farmers and farm advisors from German-speaking countries will benefit from reading this guide, additionally, farmers in transition to organic.
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