... ? Taking the sow away from the piglets during weaning, rather than removing the piglets. ? Putting the sow in a pen next to the boar after weaning. ? Bringing her into contact with the boar ... be kept. If a mother sow does not come on heat within 14 days of weaning, there are various possible causes: ? The suckling period has been too long - the shorter the period, the quicker she ... miscarriages occur together the cause may be one of the diseases mentioned here, or swine fever or swine erysipelas which are covered in paragraph 7.5 below. As soon as possible the vet or the livestock...