• Gestation 112-115days
• Birth weight 1.3kg
• Less than <2% body fat & high energy demand → Heat source needed
• Needs colostrum in first 24h
• Colostrum is high in Ig, Protein, Vitamins but lower in fat and lactose than normal pigs milk
• Piglets have low IRON storage and therefore need supplement injection or PO. 150-200mg is injected into neck at day 3-5
  • Running risk of toxicosis form overdosing
• BW doubles every week until week 3

FEEDING:

1. Colostrum

2. Mothers milk until day 10

3. Pre-starter + milk (ad libitum)

   Pre-starter is introducing solid feed to piglet (1kg/piglet  until weaning)

4. Weaning is done at 28 days, BW = 9kg

5. STARTER until day 70 (BW=20-25kg)

6. Pre and Starter have  CP 21%, DE 14MJ

   They should have 23% but due to high risk of diarrhoea its reduced and compensated with supplemental AA (lys, met, cys)

7. After 70 days PIG DIET is given (CP 18% )

8. Day 90-180 fattening or breedings begins (CP % depends on BW but decreases with size due to feed conversion ratio worsens… 3kg/kg food)

PIGLET physio

• Stomach pH

  • Day 0-10 pH is HIGH for colostrum around 5
  • Slowly Lactic acid will decrease pH to 3.5
  • At 5 weeks full HCL production is working pH 2

• Protein digestion

  • RENNIN until 3-4 weeks (curdles milk)

• Fat digestion

  • Sow milk is rich in fat and lactose than normal
  • At week 3 pancreas start producing lipase sufficiently
  • Non-milk fats are still poorly digested…