Folic acid improves performance of weaned piglets

A recent study determined that dietary folic acid supplementation can improve the growth performance and intestinal morphology of weaned piglets by maintaining the balance of epithelial cell renewal. The weaning of piglets is a stressful process and can be associated with gastrointestinal function disorders, and often growth retardation and diarrhoea. To assist piglets through this process, antibiotics and zinc oxide at pharmacological levels have been widely used as feed additives, however,