Iron for piglets: Between anaemia and overload

Pig farmers have a responsibility to provide ample amounts of ironfor their piglets. To find out exactly what would be the ideal amount of iron requires some deeperknowledge of a young piglet’s physiology. How to define iron anaemia and iron overload?     Iron plays an important role in health and disease for piglets. Iron is a vital component of the haemoglobin in the erythrocyte (red blood cell) that is the carrier of oxygen in the blood to the tissues. In the farrowing pen, a