Tag: nursery pigs

Animal Feed Additives & Ingredients

Aspirin-like solution may improve intestinal health in pigs

A preliminary trial by the USDA found no negative effects — and some surprisingly positive side effects — when it gave a new liquid aspirin product to pigs.

March 19, 2025

Animal Feed Additives & Ingredients

Cargill study sheds new light on impact of DON in nursery pigs

A less mature microbiome may explain why deoxynivalenol has a greater impact on nursery pigs than in later life stages.

March 17, 2025

Feed Additives

Study: Yeast may help improve early piglet growth

Piglets may grow faster in the first days of life if nursing sows are fed yeast-based feed additives, research finds.

August 5, 2022

Animal Nutrition

Study: Gruel feeding frequency doesn’t impact mortality

Research done at Kansas State University (KSU) shows that there is no meaningful difference in the mortality of pigs who were gruel fed twice a day versus those who were gruel fed four times a day.

November 19, 2021

Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

Study affirms FDA fumonisins guidance level for pigs

Growth of nursery pigs slows when they are fed corn containing fumonisins slightly above FDA guidance levels, according to a trial.

October 9, 2020