title: Preweaning mortality.
abstract: A number of factors, both infectious and noninfectious, contribute to preweaning mortality in pigs. It is important to establish the causes of preweaning mortality and their distribution in investigating farm problems. The various causes, risk factors, and a step-by-step approach to solving the problem are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vaillancourt
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Tubbs
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D001724:Birth Weight; D006799:Housing, Animal; D007239:Infections / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000401:mortality*