Weaners perform better with seaweed polysaccharides

Would weaner pigs benefit if they are provided with polysaccharides from a Japanese seaweed known as “kombu” or Laminaria japonica? A team of Chinese researchers supported by a US-based researcher delved into this. The team published about their findings in the Journal of Veterinary Sciences in a research article published in December 2023. They investigated the effects of adding L. japonica polysaccharides to the diet on growth performance, faecal digestive enzyme activity, serum biochem