Boosting Immunity in Young Pigs: Spray-dried plasma and fish oil
By David Elstein, formerly with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - Illness during a piglet’s first few weeks of life can affect its eventual size and market-readiness. But the common practice of early weaning increases piglets’ risk of disease, because their immune and digestive systems are less developed. So farmers must find ways to keep their piglets free of diseases as they grow to market size.
18 July 2005
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