Preliminary sow performance measures suggest exercising stall-housed gestating sows for 10 minutes, once per week has minimal effects on the productivity of younger sows, but may have a positive effect on older parity sows – increasing the number of live born and reducing stillborns. With productivity effects limited to a portion of the sow herd, exercising sows will result in increased costs of production by approximately $2.00/ hog, mainly due to the additional labour required.
What is the cost of sow exercise (full version)
