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Number Born Edges Upward, but Piglet Survival Continues to Decline

2010-02-08 20:08:00| National Hog Farmer

Piglet survival is defined as 100% minus the percent stillborns minus the percent preweaning death loss. Mummies are not counted in the total born, but fully formed stillborn pigs are counted.

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