Vitamin E: Vital for health and performance

Last month, Pig Progress paid attention to the major vitamins available – what they do and what their functions are in pigs. Among those classified, vitamin E is arguably the most essential for pig production. What does it do? Vitamin E cannot be synthesised by pigs and is therefore a dietary essential. It is present in natural form in the lipid fraction of feed ingredients, but its functionality is limited as it is susceptible to oxidation. Of all forms of vitamin E, α-tocopherol  qualitati