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A rescue package for piglets in need

Gone are the days where a milk replacer was reached for as an emergency. Now, with litter sizes on the increase, milk replacers and their feeding systems are becoming part of everyday management on progressive sow units. However, do they give good results and do they call for more labour?
Positioned on top of a farrowing pen, this rescue deck provides piglets with a microclimate. ... read more »

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Advanced piglet feeding technology in China

Fifty million sows – imagine how many piglets they produce. These, in turn, all have to be fed properly. Taiwanese piglet feed producer Anyou International acknowledged the enormous potential in the Chinese pig market, and has now grown to become one of the country’s leaders in piglet feed. The end is nowhere near yet. read more >

The best start for piglets

All pig producers know that the first few hours of a piglet’s life are critical to its survival. In addition to a warm, clean housing environment, a readily available supply of nutrients is the key. An effective nutritional strategy can give the weakest piglets thebeststart in life, setting the stage for future growth and development. read more >

Understanding piglet feeding preferences better

Day in and day out, many pig producers around the world breed their pigs, wean them and grow them to slaughter age. In order to do so, the animals need to receive sufficient amounts of feed from a young age onwards. But how do the pigs learn how and what to eat? Learn how to eat like a pig – and pigs will be better understood, concluded Dr Marije Oostindjer, WUR, in her PhD study. read more >

Achieving a better piglet feed intake

Preparing a well-balanced, palatable, and highly digestible diet at optimal cost is, of course, of the highest importance in providing appropriate nutrition to piglets. This is however not enough if diets are simply placed in self-feeders, especially for pigs immediately following weaning at an early age, thus leaving young pigs to cater for themselves. read more >

What the textbooks don’t tell you about…Creep feeding (1)

If you look up the indexes of those pig textbooks published over the past 15 years, you will find that the authors are in favour of the practice and are helpful in describing how to creep feed effectively. read more >
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