Should piglets be eating more like their ancestors?

Pre-weaning diets these days consist of dairy products, processed cereals, fats of vegetable and animal origin and processed plant proteins. They help a piglet grow fast but do they help piglets’ gastro-intestinal tract to mature? In order to find that answer, in an unprecedented study, Dr Hubèrt van Hees zoomed in on what feral piglets consume in their first weeks. The quest for economical diets that benefit farmers and their weaning piglets has been ongoing since the early days of commer