Researchers Study Ways to Protect Immune Systems of Young Pigs
By the USDA's Agricultural Research Service - A piglet today is commonly weaned from its mother after 18 to 21 days, and sometimes as early as 10 days, because diets now available are much better suited to the piglet's immature digestive system and support a rate of growth desirable to producers in the United States. However, the piglet's immune system may still be vulnerable at that age to infection from pathogens.
13 June 2005
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