Helping piglets to adapt faster after weaning

The immature gut of piglets after weaning is vulnerable to invasion by disease-causing organisms. - Photo: Alltech
The immature gut of piglets after weaning is vulnerable to invasion by disease-causing organisms. - Photo: Alltech
The weaning gap can lead to a wide array of problems, varying from welfare issues and bacterial challenges to even death. Getting piglets accustomed quickly to their new surroundings is therefore a must. How can a piglet’s gut be helped to perform its new role better after weaning? Young piglets at weaning face an array of pathogenic challenges in the gut, which can result in poor growth, higher feed costs due to poor conversion ratios, welfare issues and even death. Piglets initially derive


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Vincent
ter Beek

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Kees van
Dooren

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Treena
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Taylor-Pickard