Piglet diets: Looming zinc ban not your only worry

The EU’s impending ban on the use of zinc oxide at medicinal levels has given us all cause to take a closer look at piglet feed. At the moment, an estimated 70-90% of starter diets in the UK contain zinc oxide at therapeutic levels1, used to prevent and control post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD) and bowel oedema in young pigs. 2022: Zinc withdrawn In just 5 years’ time, by 2022, all veterinary medicines containing zinc oxide will be withdrawn: that’s 5 years earlier than hoped by both the UK’