A reduced diet for pigs in the nursery stage won’t necessarily mean a reduced weight at market.
That’s according to a study discussed at the recent Centralia Swine Update in Kirkton.
Crystal Levesque says that finding could translate into significant savings in feed costs.
Levesque says the down side is that the reduced diet seems to make the pigs less robust and more susceptible to disease in the nursery stage.
A University of Guelph researcher says their studies suggest reducing diets for pigs in the nursery stage won’t hurt their eventual market weights.
Crystal Levesque says that could mean some significant feed costs savings for producers.
But she admits there is a downside.
Levesque says if a flu or other disease runs through the herd the longer recovery time could cut into any feed cost savings.
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