Does a lower stomach pH improve performance?

What physiological factors within the piglet’s immature gastrointestinal tract contribute to weaning challenges and how can they be managed? A meta-analysis shows that water supplementation with organic acids can set a piglet up for improved growth performance by optimising stomach pH levels. Regardless of a piglet’s vitality at farrowing, all piglets undergo gastrointestinal challenges during the post-weaning phase. The switch from sow milk to a commercial piglet diet stresses a piglet’s