U.K. research suggests that feeding high-protein and high-quality diets for two weeks post-weaning enhanced performance during that period but had no lasting effect on lifetime performance
by JANICE MURPHY
Feeding pigs at weaning is an art as much as a science. At one of the most stressful times in its life, the weaned pig must adjust to leaving the sow, moving to a new environment, and adapting to a completely different diet in both form and composition. Gone is the security of the sow’s udder, along with the essential nutrients it provides, and in its place is a dry diet.