Piglet performance through sow investment

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Supplementing sow transition diets with a medium chain fatty acid feed additive can improve piglet performance, including weaning weights – a reliable indicator of future growth.

EUNICE LEE* reports that the addition of a lauric acid and glycerol monolaurate feed additive to the diets of sow diets during the critical transition period improves litter size and piglet birthweights, and stimulates sows’ milk production, resulting in better performance during the weaning period....

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