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Larger pellets to overcome growth check at weaning

05-11-2013 | |
Feeding large pellets as creep feed does not require many adjustments to the pens.
Feeding large pellets as creep feed does not require many adjustments to the pens.
Providing extra large pellets for creep feeding appears to positively influence feed intake both prior to as well as after weaning. Research at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, shows that piglets like large pellets. By Vincent ter Beek Whether in nature or on a farm, at some point all young pigs will move away from their mothers – and stop consuming sow milk. The rest of the world awaits them, which includes other animals, another environment and also solid feed.Where in nature, th


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Vincent ter Beek Editor: Pig Progress