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Nutrition and Nursery Pigs: Are My Pigs Eating?
Posted in: Nutrition, Pork Insight Articles, Prairie Swine Centre by admin on June 6, 2017
Summary:
• Piglets who consumed some feed prior to weaning tended to be the smaller piglets, but they displayed improved growth and feed intake post-weaning
• Smaller piglets had improved feed intake and growth than heavier piglets in the litter
• Compensatory gain has been demonstrated in piglets who experienced a period of restricted growth
• But…we require more information before this is used as a feeding strategy
Nutrition and Nursery Pigs Are My Pigs Eating – Denise Beaulieu, Prairie Swine Centre [Read-Only]