Feeding strategies for excellence at weaning (part 2 of 2): piglet feeding
What nutrients can we increase or decrease in piglet diets during lactation and after weaning to improve immune response and growth?
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Sow feeding strategies for excellence at weaning (Part 1 of 2)
What nutrients can be provided to the sow to improve fetal growth, production of milk and colostrum and to modulate the inflammatory response.
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Nutritional value for growing pigs of different sources of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS)
Corn is the primary grain used for ethanol production in the USA, but European and Canadian ethanol plants often use wheat or a combination of wheat and corn.
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Withdrawal of medication in feed: impact and most affected piglets
A good diet is not enough to prevent post-weaning diarrhoea in the youngest, lightest animals, since they do not eat as much as they should.
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26-Aug-2015lluis.puigBy live weights at weaning it looks like weaning was around 3 weeks of age. Maybe weaning a week later, as it is being done lately, would have made differences less dramatic. Was there any protocol for treating sick pigs/pens? Did FCR calculations include dead animals? Pigs starting weaning period with such low weights as 4.3 kg were obviously sure to die, specially if not medicated.
