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Transition Diets: Key to Healthier Sows and Piglets

3/4/2025

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Transition diets play a vital role in ensuring the health of sows and the survival of piglets, particularly in the crucial 10 days surrounding farrowing. Chris Opschoor highlighted their importance at the Banff Pork Seminar, noting that these diets boost digestion, energy balance, and colostrum production, ultimately leading to healthier litters and improved herd productivity.

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Transition diets play a vital role in ensuring the health of sows and the survival of piglets, particularly in the crucial 10 days surrounding farrowing. Chris Opschoor highlighted their importance at the Banff Pork Seminar, noting that these diets boost digestion, energy balance, and colostrum production, ultimately leading to healthier litters and improved herd productivity.