date:Jun 06, 2014
ortality can be reduced from one in three to one in five of the organic piglets born, that the number of weaned pigs can be increased by at least one pig and that the weight at weaning can be increased by one kilo per pig.
Piglet mortality is higher in organic pig production (33 per cent) than in conventional production (23 percent). The high mortality slows the development of the organic production as it affects profitability and animal welfare.
What Goes Wrong?
The cause of the high mortali