Balanced microbial gut flora to overcome weaning dip

The weaning dip has been well researched and documented. Where piglets used to be treated with prophylactic antibiotics, nowadays other solutions are needed. One of these is a strategy of reducing microbial pressure and enhancing feed intake. At first, it may sound a bit contradictory – isn’t the weaning dip caused by a (temporary) halt of feed intake? How then, can enhancing feed intake play a key role in a strategy to combat that same weaning dip (see Figure 1)? Figure 1 – Dry ma