Three signs around MMA in sows

MMA is a farm shorthand for mastitis, metritis, and agalactia. This note looks at the piglet nutrition problem that follows when sows cannot supply enough milk. It is not a treatment protocol for udder disease.

What to watch

• Piglets restless at the udder and losing condition
• Little or no milk for the litter
• Higher loss before weaning when colostrum is missed

Nutrition pathway

Piglet milk replacers in the current catalog — Falac, Sweet Lac, and Aimipig — can support litters in the first weeks when sow milk is short.

Work with your veterinarian on sow health. The products named here are nutrition, not medicines.