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Some swine operations overlook early factors influencing whether a sow ever reaches her full productive potential. Zinpro’s Lucas Rodrigues, PhD, believes operations benefit from paying closer attention to claw health information as a KPI because it helps provide a more complete management picture.
Rodrigues notes that while claw lesions develop gradually, trace mineral nutrition is one of the tools producers can use proactively to influence claw quality before problems become visible. Regular claw evaluations paired with targeted trace mineral nutrition can help maintain claw integrity and reduce lesion risk throughout a sow’s productive life.
Source: National Hog Farmer, July 29, 2026. Link.
Involuntary removals are often the result of issues that begin months, or even years, before a sow is ultimately culled.”
INSIGHTS: Regardless of the size of the operation, veterinary teams can help producers pay closer attention to structural soundness and claw health to keep sows productive through more parities.
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