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Weaning pigs with an extra profit of 0.7€ per animal without therapeutical Zinc oxide has been successfully achieved by Nuscience and ATR in Denmark. Looking forward to 2022, the collaborative work of the experts of the two companies on management, feed formulation and incorporation of the Nuscience Vitazero concept allowed the creation of a line of weaning feed with better performances than high-ZnO diets.
In commercial hatcheries, chicks hatch over a wide hatching window, depriving them from feed and water for up to 72 hours.
Genetic selection for increased litter size resulted in lower piglet birth weight and less developed piglets. Piglets also receive less sow colostrum and milk, containing specific prebiotic oligosaccharides necessary for piglet development.
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