This comprehensive guide brings together the latest insights and practical solutions to support sow health, productivity, and longevity in modern production systems.

Expert-driven strategies from leading specialists
Practical nutrition and management recommendations
Focus on efficiency, welfare, and performance

The book features 12 chapters, carefully curated to serve as a reference guide for the swine industry:

Genetics of the sow: past, present, and future | Austin Putz, Ph.D., Hendrix Genetics
Physiology of farrowing and lactation | Teresa Mogas, Ph.D., Autonomous University of Barcelona
Nutrition requirements of the developing gilt and gestating sow | Laura Greiner, Ph.D., and Dalton Humphrey, Ph.D., Iowa State University
Fiber-rich raw materials for gestating sow feeds | Ioannis Mavromichalis, Ph.D., and Efstratia Papanikou, Ph.D., Ariston Nutrition Consulting International
Calcium and phosphorus needs of developing gilts and sows | Hans H. Stein, Ph.D., and Su A Lee, Ph.D., University of Illinois
A brief history of methionine hydroxy analogue bis-chelates and practical impacts on pig meat produced per inventoried sow lifetime |B. V. Lawrence, Ph.D., NOVUS
Sow nutrition during heat stress |Bruno A. N. Silva, Ph.D., Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG/ICA)
Gilt management from a practical perspective |Luis Sanjoaquin, DVM, Sigmavet/ThinkinPig
Management practices on the bookend of the reproductive cycle of breeding and farrowing to optimize the modern sows’ productive potential | Timothy Safranski, Ph.D., University of Missouri
New group housing – implications for sows | Déborah Temple, Ph.D., Eva Mainau, Ph.D., Pol Llonch, Ph.D., Xavier Manteca, Ph.D., Animal Welfare Education Centre – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Sow mortality: a practical point of view | Antonio Palomo Yagüe, Ph.D., Archer Daniels Midland Company
Understanding the modern sow through data |Carlos Piñeiro, Ph.D., Animal Data Analytics SL and Yuzo Koketsu, Ph.D., Meiji University