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CONTENTS ▶▶▶ 10


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Influenza and its presence in European pig herds


Finnish pigs receiving feed from the farm


How dietary fibre can tackle heat stress in sows


Controlling gut pathogens with probiotics


Column: Dr Casey Bradley on ‘winds of change’


26 COVER STORY


Preparturient sows, the farrowing process and the piglets themselves interrelate in many ways. Zooming in on all these factors, it appears that calcium levels in a sow’s blood are likely to play a role.


18 FARM VISIT


About 40% of the UK’s sows are kept in outdoor facilities. That type of pig production is not having the easiest of times with factors like Brexit and Cov- id-19 coinciding. How do the producers at North Farm Live- stock manage?


28 NUTRITION


Piglets are curious, sensitive to smell and love sweet flavours. Why not encourage their interest and mix fresh fruity flavours through the feed, for instance raspberry? Trials carried out in China show optimistic results.


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