- Clean and disinfect the farrowing pen
- Wash / clean and disinfect the sow
- Treat the sow against external parasites
- Move the sow to farrowing pen/ orate within a week/ separate from the rest
- Reduce sow’s ration a day before farrowing
- Provide heat in the farrowing pen/ creep area
- Provide clean bedding material
- Provide bran to the sow as a laxative.
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