A smooth transition has two main advantages: first, the piglets maintain a good feed intake and second, the digestive system is able to digest the solid feed more effectively Fig. In nature, sows wean piglets gradually over 12 weeks. In current production systems, piglets are weaned between day 21 and 28 of life.
At this age, piglets are rather vulnerable because neither the immune system, nor the digestive system is fully developed. Weaning is a stressful process for piglets, because they are removed from their mother, may be even their littermates. They are moved to a new stable with new feeding technique and climate, and are mixed with piglets from other litters. The older the piglet, the more stable it is and the better it copes with these challenges.
A stable feed intake after weaning avoids, that starving piglets start to overeat after some days and overload their gut with feed that the piglet cannot digest efficiently. Pathogens in the gut will thrive on the undigested nutrients, which often results in scours and edema disease. Moreover, several studies demonstrated that piglets having a good growth performance right after weaning, also show better performances until slaughtering. The best measure to keep the piglets eating after weaning is preparing them ahead of time.
Piglets know how to eat and the gut is able to digest the solid feed more effectively. Nevertheless, the gut is still developing and needs support to overcome the stressful weaning phase.
Feed for weaned piglets must fulfil the same high quality standards. Weaner feeds should still contain milk products whey powder, lactose , but with lower amounts. Especially important is the supply of high quality protein sources like soya protein concentrate or potato protein, simultaneously introducing small amounts of less digestible protein sources.
In the weaner phase, fiber becomes an important part of the diet. Fiber sources that are not or only little digestible e. In order to further stabilize the gut, weaner feeds should make use of the following feed additives:. The high quality NURIline range of products can be combined to meet the individual needs of piglets and provides tailor-made solutions for your operation.
Giving piglets a healthy start is key to ensuring piglet viability as well as securing the future of the herd. Consequently, the nutrition and management of the lactating sow is crucial.
Farrowing is the culmination of all effort and activities to ensure the success of the farm. When the previous stages have been correctly and effectively managed, farrowing is the moment to reap the rewards: a high number of uniform, vital piglets that receive plenty of colostrum which is essential for their future health and performance. Zearalenone ZEN frequently occurs in feedstuffs and pigs are the species most susceptible to its effects. While ZEN is most well-known for its negative impact on reproduction, it also has profound effects on immunity and gut health in swine.
Zinc oxide ZnO is used to prevent post-weaning diarrhea in piglets. But from June , therapeutic doses of ZnO will be banned in animal feeds. An alternative approach using a combination of additives ensures no loss of zootechnical performance or profitability when removing ZnO and antibiotics from the ration. Knowing the actual mycotoxin status of your feedstuffs is as important as knowing its basic nutritional values like protein and energy. For full functionality of this page it is necessary to enable JavaScript.
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Due to high prices, though, the use of milk powders in piglet formulae has declined in recent years. Next to casein, lactalbumin and lactoglobulin proteins from whey are valuable to use in piglet diets. Sweet, acid and delactosed whey products are available in the market. Fat Milk fat or butter fat is high in short-chain fatty acids, of which butyric acid is considered as one of the most effective energy sources for intestinal walls.
The absorptive epithelial cells found on the intestinal villi use the energy provided by butyric acid to stimulate villi growth and thus the ability to absorb nutrients. Availability and quality Relying on European-derived milk products has various advantages, mainly explained by availability and guaranteed quality.
Cow milk is produced in every single European Union EU member state without exception and represents a significant proportion of the value of the agricultural output.
This production is even likely to go up, as in , a milk quota system in the EU will be lifted. This development only illustrates the importance of having built and implemented new spray dryers to process additional volumes of dairy products.
Milk with an SCC of more than , is deemed unfit for human consumption. Milk may only come from herds that are officially tuberculosis-free and brucellosis-free. The long term use of medicated feeds and the carry-over to non-medicated feeds has led to antibiotic resistance in microbes due to a constant exposure to very small quantities of the drug.
Attempts are being made to reduce the usage of antibiotics by producers in various countries in Europe. This asks for radical changes in sow management, creep feeding, weaning time, barn climate, hygiene, and water quality. Also feed formulation becomes more important and the search for alternative ingredients to fill the gap continues. Improving gut health and stimulating feed intake are key factors in this.
Spray-dried blood plasma is generally considered as a highly concentrated, well-performing source of proteins which was re-allowed for use in piglet diets in Blood plasma, is expensive and a dedicated production line is necessary.
Moreover, recently again the news came that blood plasma is a suspect in the spread of the deadly porcine virus in the US. Dairy replacement Nukamel, originally a calf milk replacer company with plenty of experience in dairy products and producing in Belgium and the Netherlands, has put ample effort in the development of piglet ingredients based on EU milk.
Based on principles of single origin dairy resources, using low heat milk products, fermentation and quantifying immunoglobulins, the company combines keen sourcing with a specified production process to achieve high quality standards for its dairy products.
It has led to the development of its Nukamix range of products, destined to ease the weaning process of piglets. To see whether this product can be a good replacer for blood plasma, a trial was set up.
A North Carolina State University website recommends a replacer containing a minimum of 8 percent to 10 percent fat and 24 percent to 28 percent protein.
The NCSU recipe for homemade sow milk replacer consists of 1 quart of cow's milk, 1 pint of half-and-half, a raw egg and 4 cubic centimeters of the antibiotic neomycin. Baby piglets nurse roughly 15 times in their first 24 hours of life, according to the Oregon State University Extension Service website. Each nursing episode lasts about five minutes. That's a huge time commitment for a person, so try to enlist others to help you for a few days.
By the age of 1 week, piglets need feeding every 3 to 4 hours. If you want to get some sleep, most week-old piglets will be fine with a midnight feeding followed by one at 6 a. At 2 weeks, feed piglets four times a day. Start them on solid pig chow about the age of 3 weeks, but continue nursing them at least 3 times daily until the age of 5 weeks, when they wean. You might have to feed newborn piglets with an eyedropper, at least while they receive colostrum.
When they start drinking replacer, you can transition them to a bottle or put the liquid in a flat dish. The Oregon State website recommends using a syringe and rubber tube, drawing between 10 and 15 milliliters of the replacer into the syringe for each feeding. Lubricate the tube and put the end on the piglet's tongue, allowing him to swallow.
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