Basic pig husbandry - grower herd
Summary
The period from 20 kg liveweight to slaughter can be divided into two stages: a grower phase from 20-50 kg and a finisher stage from 50 kg to slaughter.
The contents of this Primefact include the following:
- Growing stage: 20-50 kg
- feeding
- disease
- grading
- temperature
- Finishing stage: 50 kg to market weight
- weighing
- 'all in, all out'
