Dairy before weaning boosts pig performance

Investing in a piglet at a young age will have a positive effect on the technical performance of the animal until slaughter. Feeding extra milk, which is high in dairy protein and fat, between the initial sows milk and weaning, offers the piglet building blocks to survive and grow. Raising a piglet to become a robust finisher is not an easy job. On its way a piglet must overcome difficulties, such as learning to eat (anything other than sow milk), weaning, several feed changes and placement int