Efficient and profitable operation of commercial
swine units is often limited by high
mortality, morbidity, and poor performance
in suckling pigs and pigs in the nursery
phase of production. Death losses of pre-weaning pigs and nursery pigs are typically
12.2% and 2.4%, respectively.1 Moreover,
0.4% of pigs classified as “stunted” because
of un-thriftiness or poor growth are
removed from nurseries nationwide.1