Understanding piglet feeding preferences better

Day in and day out, many pig producers around the world breed their pigs, wean them and grow them to slaughter age. In order to do so, the animals need to receive sufficient amounts of feed from a young age onwards. But how do the pigs learn how and what to eat? Learn how to eat like a pig – and pigs will be better understood, concluded Dr Marije Oostindjer, WUR, in her PhD study.     Piglets in commercial husbandry are generally weaned between three and four weeks of age for econom