Natural antioxidants help piglets through weaning

Weaning is one of the most important periods in a piglet’s life. Weaning causes oxidative stress, and this has negative influences on gut health and growth performances. Natural ?antioxidants like polyphenols can be used to counter this oxidative stress. Piglets experience a lot of stressors after weaning: they are separated from the sow, lose milk as the most important feed source, have to adapt to a new environment, are mixed with piglets from other litters. All these stressors cause an elev