In nature, sows would wean their piglets at the age of 13 – 17 weeks. However, in organic pig production in Switzerland, they are weaned at the earliest age of 6 weeks.
In conventional farming systems piglets are weaned even earlier, at the ages of 3 – 4 weeks.
This causes a significant disruption in the life of the piglet leading, among other things, to diarrhoea.Reduce antibiotic use in animal husbandry.
Solution
Improving the handling of weaning piglets.
Description
Recent analysis of antibiotics usage in organic pig farming in Switzerland showed that the weaning period is the most critical moment concerning antibiotical use for pigs. To ease the weaning period, it is possible to mitigate all stress factors apart from the weaning itself and ensure proper feed intake.
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