Novus will release a new book on September 5, 2025, titled “Nutrition and Production Strategies for Today’s Sows”, offering expert insights and research-based guidance on sow nutrition and production.
Today’s sows are designed for more – more piglets, a longer lifetime in production. Novus, with its Made of More™ approach, will debut a new book on this topic on September 5th, 2025.
Titled “Nutrition and Production Strategies for Today’s Sows”, the book features 12 chapters carefully curated to serve as a reference guide, highlighting best practices and considerations for sow production.
This is Novus’ second book focused on sows; Nutrition of Hyperprolific Sows was published in 2019.
“The response we received from the first book was outstanding,” says Marisol Castillo, Executive Manager of Global Swine Solutions at Novus. “The primary focus of that book was nutrition. We knew there was much more to share about modern sows – their physiology, how environment affects performance, and insights on the gilt phase. There’s just so much research out there that we wanted to share.”
The topics covered in the new book include sow and gilt nutrition, genetics, breeding, lactation, farrowing, and mortality. The authors come from familiar companies and respected academia. The book’s contributors are:
The topics covered in the new book include sow and gilt nutrition, genetics, breeding, lactation, farrowing, and mortality. The authors come from familiar companies and respected academia. The book’s contributors are:
• Bruno A. N. Silva, Ph.D., Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG/ICA)
• Laura Greiner, Ph.D. and Dalton Humphrey, Ph.D., Iowa State University
• Austin Putz, Ph.D., Hendrix Genetics
• Ioannis Mavromichalis, Ph.D., and Efstratia Papanikou, Ph.D., Ariston Nutrition Consulting International
• Teresa Mogas, Ph.D., University of Barcelona
• Antonio Palomo Yagüe, Ph.D., Swine Technical Manager, Archer Daniels Midland Company
• Carlos Piñeiro, Ph.D., Animal Data Analytics SL, and Yuzo Koketsu, Ph.D., Meiji University
• Timothy Safranski, Ph.D., University of Missouri
• Luis Sanjoaquin Romero, DVM, Sigmavet/ThinkinPig
• Déborah Temple, Ph.D. and her team at Animal Welfare Education Center (AWEC), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
• Hans H. Stein, Ph.D., and Su A. Lee, Ph.D., Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois
• Brad Lawrence, Ph.D., Novus
The book’s co-coordinator is Carlos Lasagna, DVM, of Martini S.p.A.
“Because so many things can impact sow health and performance it was important to seek perspectives from a variety of sources,” adds Castillo. “The chapters include detailed research, new ways of thinking, and first-hand accounts from people who have dedicated their lives to this industry.”
A free digital version of the book will be available for download starting September 5. Those who want to receive the book in their inbox can sign up on the waitlist online.
Those interested can still obtain a free digital version of the first Novus sow book. In 2022, the company also published the poultry book, Breeder Management and Nutrition: Moving the Industry Forward, which is also available for digital download.
