What the textbooks don’t tell you about… Creep feeding (2) – what the experts do

02-08-2006 | | |
My previous article on creep feeds gave reasons why it is essential these days to creep-feed piglets on the sow. They are more expensive, yes, but the payback (at slaughter) is three times more due to a better start. There is no point in investing in such sophisticated diets if they are not presented in the correct manner. By John Gadd “Starting early is a waste of feed” The previous objections to creep feeding have been that starting the procedure too soon “only wastes an exp


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Vincent
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Kees van
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Progress Volume 25 No-8 2009