Are specialty proteins worth their cost in starter feeds?

If the ingredient improves digestibility, helps feed intake and reduces nutritional shock after weaning, the cost is justified.

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Any specialty protein is worth its cost when it helps the piglet get through the period when ordinary ingredients are not yet good enough. Not every starter feed needs one, and not every expensive protein deserves a place in the formula.

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