Piglet survivability is a very important factor for all producers because those first few days can heavily influence the growth and feed efficiency of the pig for the rest of its life. Farrowing is also an extremely hectic period with a lot to do in a very short time frame. That is why we need to make sure we are using the best methods available to keep our piglets healthy and to maximize growth. In today’s episode with Dr. Katherine Vande Pol, she discusses some research findings that help to validate some of the most effective methods for cross-fostering, decreasing piglet mortality, piglet drying, and other potential methods for improving piglet survivability.

"𝘈𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘴. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘴." - 𝗗𝗿. 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:

1. Piglet survivability

2. Piglet temperature

3. Piglet drying methods

4. Blood samples at farrowing

5. Reasons for mortality

6. Cross-fostering

7. Functional teats

8. Lower mortality in cross-fostered pigs

9. Mixing gilt and sow litters

10. Gestation housing

11. Key points

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Katherine Vande Pol grew up in central California, where she earned her Associate's Degree in 2012 from De Anza Junior College. From there, she went on to complete her Bachelor's in animal science at Utah State University in 2014. She then attended the University of Illinois to receive her M.S. in 2016 and her PhD in 2020 in applied pork production under Dr. Michael Ellis focusing on piglet pre-weaning mortality. Since graduating in 2020, she has been working towards earning an M.S. in Statistics at the University of Illinois.

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺.

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