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We present the first results obtained by cross-matching data from different sources: production / reproduction data with data from feeding machines.

Due to their higher energy, phosphorus and amino acids content when compared to corn, wheat and barley, DDGS are presented as a nutritional and cheap alternative feed in the animals diet.

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.

The article suggests various environmental and feed program changes and assesses their effect on pig performance and feed cost.

The use of proven phytases in swine, is recognized to be an extremely useful tool for nutritionists not only in formulating more affordable feed without altering animal performance, but even improving it.

Interactions between nutritional strategies and prevalence / severity of GI clinical pictures caused by E. coli after weaning.

The difference in the conversion rate expected within a practical range of average particle sizes between 600 and 1000 microns can be of up to 2-4% between both ends.

The results show that digestibility of the same diets is indeed higher for gestating and lactating sows than it is for growing pigs.

Making use of the NET energy system for sows to formulate feeds makes it possible to achieve a smooth transition from gestation to lactation diets, which makes the transition period around farrowing easier for the sows.

The goal is to record the sows' feeding level when fed manually.

The sharp increase in demand for meat by the population expected in the world in the coming years, means that there is an active search for alternatives, both from a social and an environmental point of view.

The nutrient requirements of the sow change during gestation and the feed provision must meet this demand; hence the need for phase feeding.

We are called because of sudden deaths in several integrated fattening farms.

Feeding growing-finishing pigs with daily tailored diets using precision feeding techniques is an effective approach to reduce nutrient excretion, without compromising pig performance or carcass composition

The provision of trace minerals at the correct level and in their organic form is essential for the modern hyper-prolific sow: they have been shown to increase litter size, the quality of the piglet at birth and weaning and weaning weight and to reduce sow lameness and premature culling.

The most productive farms are not always the best. We must also bear in mind the weaned piglet's weight and the sow's feed intake.