There is no standard form of presentation in pigs; they may be born head or tail first. Normally, the foetal sacs are ruptured at birth and thrown off by the piglets, but occasionally the sacs may cover the piglets’ snouts and cause suffocation.
The umbilical cord is not always broken at birth, and the piglet may wander around still attached until the cord is broken.
The sow may move around and thereby place the piglets at risk. Pay attention to what is happening. The sow may stand as each of
