Season 6, Episode 2: Functional Teat Count and Its Impact on Swine PerformanceVideo: Season 6, Episode 2: Functional Teat Count and Its Impact on Swine Performance
Abigail Jenkins noticed a challenge in the swine industry and researched it — more piglets are being born than there are functional teats to support them. As a graduate research assistant at Kansas State University, she studied how litter size, relative to functional teat count, impacts lactating sows and litter performance. In this July episode of the PigX Podcast, Abigail Jenkins is joined by Dr. Joel DeRouchey to discuss the importance of this research and what insights it offers for the swine industry.