A good stomach function helps piglet gut health

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Francesc Molist Manager Research and Development, Schothorst Feed Research, the Netherlands
It is always a challenge to get just-weaned piglets to eat. - Photo: Bert Jansen
It is always a challenge to get just-weaned piglets to eat. - Photo: Bert Jansen
As from today, Pig Progress is happy to welcome a new expert columnist. From time to time, Dr Francesc Molist, R&D manager at Schothorst Feed Research, will share his views on swine nutrition. In this contribution, he explains why it is good to help piglets achieve a low stomach pH after weaning. Weaning piglets is a stressful event with many changes, among which separation from the sow, mixing of piglets, and the switch from a liquid to a solid diet. In general, piglets have to adapt abru


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