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Role of Essential Fatty Acids in Transition Sow Diet

Published: December 6, 2022
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Introduction On average, piglet livability in Europe is 83%, ranging from 70% to 90%. It is determined by the number of still births and pre-weaning mortality in a given litter. With the increasing litter size, piglet survival is a persistent challenge to pig producers. This calls for a feeding and management strategy to improve nutrition and wellbeing of the sow in the transition phase coveri...
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Joe Magadi
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Tim Waldner
12 de diciembre de 2022
Totally agree. You need a minimum of 50 lbs of soy oil in your pre farrow diet, and all throughout lactation.
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