Allowing piglets to reach a desired body weight before introducing a new diet could improve their performance, according to work done at the Northern Ireland based Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI).
The use of fiber in sow diets can increase the number of pigs born alive and can decrease preweaning mortality, but the effect may be source dependent, says an expert.
Skretting, Nutreco’s aqua feed division, has 'expanded the functionality' of its SHIELD diet for Mediterranean sea bream to offer protection against gill as well as intestinal parasites.