Don’t forget the sow’s 
electrolyte balance

An optimal calcium availability is very important for a high producing sow. The use of sodium formate as a feed ?additive can be one of the options to make sure the ?animal has an optimised ?dietary electrolyte balance ?and hence enough calcium. By Gonny van Helvoirt-Kremers, Perstorp Feed & Food, the Netherlands Modern production sows are burdened with an enormous task. Giving birth to and suckling a litter of piglets already takes a lot out of them, but then modern animal husbandry u