Nursery is a critical time in a piglet’s life. Several areas need to be managed to see success carry through. Rooms should be prepared (repairs, feeder setup, etc.) and washed thoroughly between batches of pigs. Pigs should be weaned as heavy as possible and safe weaning procedures should be followed as to not injure the pig. Once the pigs arrive in the nursery they should be separated based on size. Adequate heating and ventilation are required to control chilling and disease. Several different rations can be used depending on individual farms’ length of nursery and stage of nursery. Good pre-nursery management can minimize disease, but monitoring of health is still essential. Veterinarians can be called in if a serious problem arises. All treatments should be recorded on a quality-monitoring sheet. Communication is essential so that staff in all areas of the barn can keep up with what is going on in the nursery and what will be going on in the finisher.