Liquid prestarter in diets can ease weaning

Meeting the nutritional requirements of piglets before weaning is a challenge. A new option is to feed a liquid prestarter through an automatic system in each farrowing crate. Trial results show that this can increase feed intakes and improve growth rates. By Eric van der Hoeven, Provimi   Larger litters have led to lower average birth and weaning weights. In addition, sow milk supply is often not sufficient to support entire litters. Ensuring piglets get adequate intakes of a prestarter,