A North Carolina experiment suggests that adding SDPP during weaning can be effective in decreasing intestinal barrier dysfunction, mucosal inflammation and diarrhea
by JANICE MURPHY
Weaning is one of the most stressful periods in a pig’s life. During weaning, young pigs are forced to deal with a whole host of stressors, ranging from separation from the sow and its littermates, to transportation and mixing with strange pigs, abrupt changes in diet and exposure to new disease challenges.