What if pigs went back to their roots?

10-09-2018 | | |
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Casey Bradley Swine nutrition
Pigs enjoy rooting in the mud. Photo: Shutterstock
Pigs enjoy rooting in the mud. Photo: Shutterstock
Over the decades, pigs were taken from rooting outdoors to being kept inside pig houses, away from the mud and the dirt they are used to. Anaemia problems can mostly be solved by supplementing iron – but would that mean pigs can go without their mud? Swine nutrition expert Dr Casey Bradley has her doubts. Between work and my personal life, life seems like a whirlwind, with constant movement and change. But through it all you seem to go back to your roots. In the last few months I have been ab


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