Management can help manipulate the digestive system, which is often immature at weaning, to improve performance post-weaning and reduce susceptibility to disease:

• Creep feeding pre-weaning initiates important digestive and immunological developments
  
  
• Digestibility of fat and proteins are both factors that can cause digestive upsets. Milk protein-based diets are known to cause less problems compared to soya-based diets
  
  
• Water is an important nutrient for a weaned piglet. Improve water and feed intake immediately after weaning by feeding liquid
  
  The piglet is often reluctant to eat for the first 24-48 hours postweaning, but this can be encouraged by adding adequate feed space in the form of long troughs to improve the accessibility of feed. Also, at this stage piglets like to all eat together. Aim to avoid a check in feed intake followed by a sudden increase, which can often lead to an upset digestive system.