5 considerations for weaning without zinc oxide

Denmark was 1 of the countries embracing the European Union goal of finding alternatives to the medical use of zinc oxide during the weaning of piglets. There is consensus that no silver bullet exists for this challenge. What lessons have been learned so far? The “big race” basically started in 2017. That is when the 2022 ban of therapeutic levels of zinc oxide was announced in the EU. It was a big sprint to find ways to successfully have newly weaned piglets gain weight at good rates whi