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Understanding gut health is paramount in designing quality post-weaning piglet diets. Feed intake level determines gut health. Gut immunity is a daily challenge
Thursday. December 22nd, 2016Long before the advent of zinc oxide, another mineral used to dominate piglet feeds: copper sulphate. It was known to reduce or prevent piglet diarrheas
Thursday. January 12th, 2017Piglet diets with a low crude protein (CP) concentration are recommended when in-feed antibiotics are not used and diarrhea is likely to occur.
Wednesday. March 28th, 2018It is possible to have high-quality diets with less expensive alternative ingredients; you simply have to know where to find the ingredients.
Friday. April 6th, 2018Feeding piglets has been always a challenge, the more so now that in-feed antibiotics are increasingly removed from the array of useful ingredients.
Saturday. April 7th, 2018Whey protein concentrate is a valuable yet expensive ingredient, and alternatives can be used if certain formulation aspects are considered.
Thursday. April 12th, 2018University of Illinois researchers suggest that soy protein concentrate may substitute for animal proteins in weanling pig diets without adverse effects.
Saturday. April 14th, 2018There are many ways to convince weaned pigs to start eating within hours after separation from their mothers, but we still persist in the old ways that cause
Thursday. April 19th, 2018Despite changes in weaning age, health status and management, piglets still require special feeds to overcome the sudden trauma of early weaning
Friday. April 20th, 2018Providing water to suckling and weaned piglets does not stop at having one water outlet per pen as these animals undergo significant digestive development
Friday. April 20th, 2018